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Diocese of Joliette

Iolietten(sis)

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:

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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Sources

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.