Archdiocese of Sherbrooke
Sherbrooken(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Sherbrooke, Canada
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Quebec, erected as a diocese in 1874 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1951. It is the metropolitan see of an ecclesiastical province that includes the suffragan dioceses of Nicolet and Saint-Hyacinthe, and is led by Archbishop Guy Boulanger, appointed in 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 August 1874
- Latin
- Sherbrooken(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Michel, Marie-Léonie Paradis
- Annuario code
- 001003042
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 291,000
- Priests
- 143
- Catholics per priest
- 2,035
- Extent
- 8,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 36
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
- Archbishop
- 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
Basilique-Cathedrale Saint-Michel stands in Sherbrooke, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of NicoletNicolet
- Diocese of Saint-HyacintheSaint-Hyacinthe
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Part of the civil province of Quebec belongs to the Archdiocese of Sherbrooke (Latin: Archidioecesis Sherbrookensis), whose ecclesiastical province includes the suffragan sees of Nicolet and Saint-Hyacinthe. Statistics from 2004 give the archdiocese 107 parishes and 291,000 Catholics, served by 195 active diocesan priests and 107 religious priests, together with 1,012 women religious, 197 religious brothers, and 18 permanent deacons.
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].