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Metropolitan see Sherbrooke, Canada

Archdiocese of Sherbrooke

Sherbrooken(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Basilique-Cathedrale Saint-Michel, in Sherbrooke, Canada.

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Established
1874
Catholics
291,000
Priests
143
Territory
8,000 km²

Parishes and churches

60 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

Archbishop
Guy Boulanger
Born
6 June 1963
Birthplace
Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton

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The cathedral

Basilique-Cathedrale Saint-Michel stands in Sherbrooke, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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.