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 share
- 97.2%
- Priests
- 74
- Catholics per priest
- 6,162
- Extent
- 469,095 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.0
of the people living within its bounds
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).
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].