Diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière
| Diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Quebec |
| Diocesan bishop | Pierre Goudreault |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Yvon-Joseph Moreau OCSO |
| founding | June 23, 1951 |
| surface | 9,623 km² |
| Parishes | 55 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 92,885 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 88,440 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 95.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 55 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,579 |
| Permanent deacons | 7 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 1 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 107 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Sainte-Anne |
| Website | diocese-ste-anne.net |
The diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière ( Latin Dioecesis Sanctae Annae Pocatierensis , French Diocèse de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière ) is in Canada situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Sainte-Anne-de-la -Pocatière .
history
The diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière was on June 23, 1951 by Pope Pius XII. built with the Apostolic Constitution Sollerti studio from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Québec and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière
- 1951–1968 Bruno Desrocher
- 1968–1984 Charles Henri Lévesque
- 1985–1995 André Gaumond , then coadjutor archbishop of Sherbrooke
- 1996-2008 Clement Fecteau
- 2008-2017 Yvon-Joseph Moreau OCSO
- 2017– Pierre Goudreault