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Suffragan diocese Saint-Jean–Longueuil, Canada

Diocese of Saint-Jean–Longueuil

Sancti Ioannis-Longolien(sis)

The Diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil is a Latin rite see south of Montreal, erected in 1933 as the Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Quebec and renamed in 1982. Bishop Claude Hamelin leads it, with Martin Laliberte serving as coadjutor bishop since 2026.

On the map

Esri
Saint-Jean–Longueuil, Canada, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1933
Catholics
634,425
Priests
60
Territory
2,078 km²

Parishes and churches

46 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Claude Hamelin
Born
10 July 1952
Birthplace
Sherington

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Saint-Jean-l'Evangeliste stands in Saint-Jean–Longueuil, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue, Longueuil.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

In southeastern, mostly francophone Québec, the Diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis-Longoliensis) answers to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montréal as a suffragan. Its cathedral, the Cathédrale Saint-Jean-l’Évangéliste in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, honors John the Evangelist; a co-cathedral in Longueuil is dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua, and Varennes holds a minor basilica, the Basilique Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes.