Bishopric of Saint-Jérôme
| Bishopric of Saint-Jérôme | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Montréal |
| Diocesan bishop | Raymond Poisson |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Gilles Cazabon OMI Pierre Morissette |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | Donald Lapointe |
| founding | June 23, 1951 |
| surface | 2,116 km² |
| Parishes | 35 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 474,815 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 461.510 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 97.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 46 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 17 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,326 |
| Permanent deacons | 18 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 26 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 88 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Saint-Jérôme |
| Website | diocesestj. approx |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Jérôme ( Latin Dioecesis Sancti Hieronymi Terraebonae , French Diocèse de Saint-Jérôme ) is in Canada situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Saint-Jérôme .
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Cathedral in Saint-Jerome
The diocese of Saint-Jérôme was founded on June 23, 1951 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Ad catholicum from cessions of territory of the diocese of Mont-Laurier and the archbishopric of Montréal and Ottawa . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Montréal as a suffragan .
On June 1, 2020, Pope Francis decreed the unification of the Diocese of Saint-Jérôme in persona episcopi with the Diocese of Mont-Laurier.
Bishops of Saint-Jérôme
- 1951–1971 Émilien Frenette
- 1971–1977 Bernard Hubert , then Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec
- 1977-1997 Charles-Omer Valois
- 1997-2008 Gilles Cazabon OMI
- 2008-2019 Pierre Morissette
- since 2019 Raymond Poisson
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Saint-Jérôme (French)
- Entry on the diocese of Saint-Jérôme on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Unione "in persona episcopi" della Diocesi di Mont-Laurier con la Diocesi di Saint-Jérôme e nomina del Vescovo di Mont-Laurier. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , June 1, 2020, accessed June 1, 2020 (Italian).
- ^ Nos évêques. (No longer available online.) Diocèse de Saint-Jérôme, archived from the original on February 12, 2013 ; Retrieved February 1, 2013 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
