Diocese of Nicolet
Nicoletan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nicolet, Canada
The Diocese of Nicolet is a Latin Church diocese in the Centre-du-Québec region, erected in 1885. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sherbrooke, with its cathedral dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 July 1885
- Latin
- Nicoletan(us)
- Patron
- Saint John the Baptist
- Annuario code
- 001002390
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 189,900
- Population
- 230,700
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 82.3%
- Priests
- 69
- Catholics per priest
- 2,752
- Extent
- 3,682 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 52
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
- Daniel Jodoin
- Born
- 2 March 1957
- Birthplace
- Granby
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
Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Nicolet stands in Nicolet, 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 Sherbrooke
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Sherbrooke.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Saint-HyacintheSaint-Hyacinthe
- Archdiocese of SherbrookeSherbrooke
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 10 July 1885, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nicolet (Latin: Dioecesis Nicoletana) stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.