Diocese of Joliette
Iolietten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Joliette, Canada
The Diocese of Joliette is a Latin Church diocese in Quebec, erected on 27 January 1904 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Montreal. Louis Corriveau has served as its bishop since 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 January 1904
- Latin
- Iolietten(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Charles Borromeo
- Annuario code
- 001001753
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 257,420
- Population
- 285,500
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 90.2%
- Priests
- 45
- Catholics per priest
- 5,720
- Extent
- 8,800 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 29
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Louis Corriveau
- Born
- 23 March 1964
- Birthplace
- Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Charles Borromeo stands in Joliette, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Montreal
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Montreal.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Saint-Jean–LongueuilSaint-Jean–Longueuil
- Diocese of ValleyfieldValleyfield
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 27 January 1904, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliette (Latin: Dioecesis Ioliettensis) is seated in Joliette as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montréal.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.