Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliette

Diocese of Joliette

Dioecesis Ioliettensis
Logo of the Diocese
Location
Country Canada
Ecclesiastical province Archdiocese of Montreal
Statistics
Population
- Total
- Catholics

285,500
257,420 (90.2%)
Parishes 23
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 27 January 1904
Cathedral St. Charles Borromeo Cathedral, Joliette
Secular priests 45
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Louis Corriveau
Website
diocesedejoliette.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliette (Latin: Dioecesis Ioliettensis) (erected 27 January 1904) is a suffragan in Joliette of the Archdiocese of Montréal.

Gallery

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • Joseph Alfred Archambault (1904–1913)
  • Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes (1913–1928), appointed Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario
  • Joseph Arthur Papineau (1928–1968)
  • René Audet (1968–1990)
  • Gilles Lussier (1991–2015)
  • Raymond Poisson (2015-2018), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec
  • Louis Corriveau (2019-)

Auxiliary bishop

  • Édouard Jetté (1948-1968)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • Vital Massé, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec in 1993

External links and references

  1. Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2017 (Città del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2017), 336.

Bibliography

  • Diocese of Joliette site (in French)
  • "Diocese of Joliette". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-13.