Archdiocese of Sherbrooke
| Archdiocese of Sherbrooke | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Diocesan bishop | Luc Cyr |
| founding | 1874 |
| surface | 8,000 km² |
| Parishes | 45 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 366.140 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 326,945 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 89.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 122 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 80 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,619 |
| Permanent deacons | 21 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 160 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 465 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Saint-Michel |
| Website | www.diosher.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Nicolet Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe |
The Archdiocese of Sherbrooke ( Latin Archidioecesis Sherbrookensis , French archidiocèse de Sherbrooke ) is in Canada situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Sherbrooke .
history
The Archdiocese of Sherbrooke was on August 28, 1874 by Pope Pius IX. from the cession of the dioceses of Saint-Hyacinthe and Trois Rivières and the Archdiocese of Québec as the diocese of Sherbrooke . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Montréal as a suffragan . On March 2, 1951, the Diocese of Sherbrooke was by Pope Pius XII. raised to the archbishopric.
Ordinaries
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Bishops of Sherbrooke
- 1874-1893 Antoine Racine
- 1893–1926 Paul-Stanislas La Rocque
- 1927–1941 Alphonse-Osias Gagnon
- 1941–1951 Philippe Servulo Desranleau
Archbishops of Sherbrooke
- 1951–1952 Philippe Servulo Desranleau
- 1952–1967 Georges Cabana
- 1968–1996 Louis Joseph Jean Marie Fortier
- 1996–2011 André Gaumond
- 2011– Luc Cyr