Bishopric of Saint-Jean-Longueuil
Bishopric of Saint-Jean-Longueuil | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Canada |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Montréal |
Diocesan bishop | Claude Hamelin |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Lionel Gendron PSS |
founding | June 9, 1933 |
surface | 2,078 km² |
Parishes | 45 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Residents | 769,349 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics | 640,340 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
proportion of | 83.2% |
Diocesan priest | 58 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious priest | 27 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics per priest | 7,533 |
Permanent deacons | 4 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Friars | 99 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious sisters | 245 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | French |
cathedral | Cathédrale Saint-Jean-l'Évangéliste in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu |
Co-cathedral | Cocathédrale Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue in Longueuil |
Website | www.dsjl.org |
The Diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil ( Latin Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis Longoliensis , French Diocèse de Saint-Jean-Longueuil ) is in Canada situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in eastern Canada.
history
The diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil was founded on June 9, 1933 by Pope Pius XI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Ecclesiae Universalis from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Montréal as the Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Québec . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Montréal as a suffragan . On February 27, 1982, the diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Québec was renamed the Diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Saint-Jean-de-Québec
- 1934–1955 Paul-Ernest-Anastase Forget
- 1955–1978 Gérard-Marie Coderre
- 1978–1982 Bernard Hubert
Bishops of Saint-Jean-Longueuil
- 1982–1996 Bernard Hubert
- 1996–2010 Jacques Berthelet CSV
- 2010–2019 Lionel Gendron PSS
- since 2019 Claude Hamelin
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Homepage of the Diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil (French)
- Entry for the diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil on gcatholic.org (English)