en Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Jérôme–Mont-Laurier

Diocese of Saint-Jérôme

*Dioecesis Sancti Hieronymi Terraebonae*
Diocese of Saint-Jérôme; Dioecesis Sancti Hieronymi Terraebonae
Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Montreal
Coordinates	45°46′41″N 74°00′07″W / 45.77806°N 74.00194°W
Statistics
Population; - Total; - Catholics	; 469,095; 455,952 (97.2%)
Parishes	35
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	23 June 1951
Cathedral	St. Jerome's Cathedral, Saint-Jérôme
Secular priests	74
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Raymond Poisson
Bishops emeritus	Pierre Morissette; Gilles Cazabon, O.M.I.; Donald Lapointe
Website
	diocesestj.ca

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Jérôme (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Hieronymi Terraebonae) is a Latin rite suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montréal.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathédrale Saint-Jérôme, dedicated to Saint Jerome (Hieronumus), in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec.

History

It was erected on 23 June 1951 as Diocese of Saint-Jérôme (Latin: Sancti Hieronymi Terræbonæ), on territories split off from (its Metropolitan) the Archdiocese of Montréal, the Archdiocese of Ottawa and the Diocese of Mont-Laurier.

On 1 June 2022, the Diocese of Saint-Jérôme and the Diocese of Mont-Laurier were united to become the Diocese of Saint-Jérôme–Mont-Laurier.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 446,000 Catholics (97.2% of 459,000 total) on 2,116 km² in 35 parishes, 67 priests (52 diocesan, 15 religious), 18 deacons, 118 lay religious (21 brothers, 97 sisters), 3 seminarians.

Bishops

Episcopal Ordinaries

(Roman Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Saint-Jérôme

Émilien Frenette (1951.07.05 – death 1971.06.11), died 1983
Bernard Hubert (1971.06.25 – 1977.01.27)^[a]
Charles-Omer Valois (1977.06.10 – retired 1997.01.22)
Gilles Cazabon, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (O.M.I.) (1997.12.27 – retired 2008.07.03)^[b]
Pierre Morissette (2008.07.03 – 2019.05.21)^[c] – incumbent Bishop Emeritus
Raymond Poisson (2019.05.21 – Present)^[d]

Coadjutor Bishops

Raymond Poisson (2018.05.18 – 2019.05.21)

Auxiliary Bishops

Raymond Saint-Gelais (1980.07.05 – 1988.02.19), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Nicolet, Québec
Gilles Lussier (1988.12.23 – 1991.09.07), appointed Bishop of Joliette, Québec
Vital Massé (1993.10.20 – 2001.09.08), appointed Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec
Donald Lapointe (2002.10.26 – 2011.07.30)
Raymond Poisson (2012.05.01 – 2015.09.08), appointed Bishop of Joliette, Québec (later returned here as Coadjutor)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Paul-Émile Charbonneau, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa, Ontario in 1960
Luc Cyr, appointed Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec in 2001

Notes

^ Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec (Canada) (1977.01.27 – 1978.05.03), succeeding as Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec (1978.05.03 – 1982.02.27), Bishop of Saint-Jean–Longueuil (Canada) (1982.02.27 – death 1996.02.02), also President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (1985 – 1987)
^ previously Bishop of Timmins (Canada) (1992.03.13 – 1997.12.27)
^ Pierre Morissette was also President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2009.10.23 – 2011.10.18); previously Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta (1987.02.27 – 1990.03.17) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Montréal (Canada) (1987.02.27 – 1990.03.17), Bishop of Baie-Comeau (Canada) (1990.03.17 – 2008.07.03), Vice-President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2007.10 – 2009.10.23).
^ previously as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Saint-Jerome and Titular Bishop of Gegi (2012.05.01-2015.09.08) Bishop of Diocese of Joliette (2015.09.08-2018.05.18), Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jerome (2018.05.18-2019.05.21), Vice-President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2019.09.28-), additionally appointed as Bishop of Diocese of Mont-Laurier (2020.06.01-).

References

^ ^a ^b Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2017 (Città del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2017), 627.

Sources and external links

Bibliography

"Nos évêques". Diocèse de Saint-Jérôme. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
"Diocese of Saint-Jérôme". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-15.

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[2] Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec (Canada) (1977.01.27 – 1978.05.03), succeeding as Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec (1978.05.03 – 1982.02.27), Bishop of Saint-Jean–Longueuil (Canada) (1982.02.27 – death 1996.02.02), also President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (1985 – 1987)

[3] reviously Bishop of Timmins (Canada) (1992.03.13 – 1997.12.27)

[4] Pierre Morissette was also President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2009.10.23 – 2011.10.18); previously Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta (1987.02.27 – 1990.03.17) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Montréal (Canada) (1987.02.27 – 1990.03.17), Bishop of Baie-Comeau (Canada) (1990.03.17 – 2008.07.03), Vice-President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2007.10 – 2009.10.23).

[5] reviously as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Saint-Jerome and Titular Bishop of Gegi (2012.05.01-2015.09.08) Bishop of Diocese of Joliette (2015.09.08-2018.05.18), Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jerome (2018.05.18-2019.05.21), Vice-President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2019.09.28-), additionally appointed as Bishop of Diocese of Mont-Laurier (2020.06.01-).

[annuario-1] Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2017 (Città del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2017), 627.

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