Diocese of Joliette
| Diocese of Joliette | |
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| Country | Canada |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Montréal |
| Diocesan bishop | Louis Corriveau |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Gilles Lussier |
| founding | January 27, 1904 |
| surface | 8,800 km² |
| Parishes | 23 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 285,500 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 257.420 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 90.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 45 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 50 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,710 |
| Permanent deacons | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 104 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 116 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Saint-Charles-Borromée |
| Website | www.diocesedejoliette.org |
The Diocese of Joliette ( Latin Dioecesis Ioliettensis , French Diocèse de Joliette ) is in Canada situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Joliette .
history
The diocese of Joliette was established on January 27, 1904 by Pope Pius X. from cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Montréal and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Joliette
- Joseph Alfred Archambault , 1904–1913
- Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes , 1913–1928, then Archbishop of Ottawa
- Joseph Arthur Papineau , 1928–1968
- René Audet , 1968–1990
- Gilles Lussier , 1991-2015
- Raymond Poisson , 2015–2018, then Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jérôme
- Louis Corriveau since 2019
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Joliette (French)
- Entry on the Diocese of Joliette on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)