Diocese of Saint-Jérôme–Mont-Laurier
Montis Laurei
Latin Church · Saint-Jérôme, Canada
Latin Church diocese in Quebec created on 1 June 2022 from the union of the dioceses of Saint-Jérôme and Mont-Laurier. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montréal and is led by Bishop Raymond Poisson.
The see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 April 1913
- Latin
- Montis Laurei
- Patron
- Saint Jerome
- Annuario code
- 001002286
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 455,952
- Population
- 469,095
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 97.2%
- Priests
- 74
- Catholics per priest
- 6,162
- Extent
- 469,095 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.0
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
- Raymond Poisson
- Born
- 30 April 1958
- Birthplace
- Saint-Hyacinthe
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 Saint-Jérôme stands in Saint-Jérôme, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Cathedral of Mont-Laurier.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Montréal
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Montréal.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MontréalMontréal
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin rite suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montréal, the Diocese of Saint-Jérôme (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Hieronymi Terraebonae) has its bishop's seat at the Cathédrale Saint-Jérôme in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, dedicated to Saint Jerome (Hieronumus).
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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.