Diocese of Rouyn-Noranda
Ruynen(sis)-Noranden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Rouyn-Noranda, Canada
The Diocese of Rouyn-Noranda is a Latin rite see in northwestern Quebec, erected in 1973 from territory of the Diocese of Timmins. The see has been vacant since April 2026 when Bishop Guy Boulanger was transferred to the Archdiocese of Sherbrooke.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 November 1973
- Latin
- Ruynen(sis)-Noranden(sis)
- Patron
- * san José * san Miguel
- Annuario code
- 001002777
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 58,900
- Priests
- 19
- Catholics per priest
- 3,100
- Extent
- 24,352 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.4
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
- Guy Boulanger
- Born
- 6 June 1963
- Birthplace
- Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton
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
Cathedrale Saint-Joseph stands in Rouyn-Noranda, 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 Gatineau
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Gatineau.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AmosAmos
- Archdiocese of GatineauGatineau
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Carved in November of 1973 from the Quebec portion of the Diocese of Timmins, the Diocese of Rouyn-Noranda (Latin: Dioecesis Ruynensis-Norandensis) is a Latin Church see covering part of the Province of Quebec within the ecclesiastical province of Gatineau. Jean-Guy Hamelin served as its first bishop.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].