Diocese of Joliette, Canada

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.05.21 – ...):

Bishop Louis Corriveau (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Joliette (Roman Rite)

Bishop Louis Corriveau (59)
(2019.05.21 – ...)

Bishop of Joliette (Canada)

Born:	1964.03.23 (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1990.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.12.08

Titular Bishop of Arena (2016.10.25 – 2019.05.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada) (2016.10.25 – 2019.05.21)

Bishop of Joliette (Canada) (2019.05.21 – ...)

Bishop Raymond Poisson (64)
(2015.09.08 – 2018.05.18)

Bishop of Saint-Jérôme–Mont-Laurier (Canada)
President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops

Adspicientes in Jesum / Les yeux fixés sur Jésus

Born:	1958.04.30 (Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1983.12.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.06.15

Titular Bishop of Gegi (2012.05.01 – 2015.09.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Canada) (2012.05.01 – 2015.09.08)

Bishop of Joliette (Canada) (2015.09.08 – 2018.05.18)

Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Canada) (2018.05.18 – 2019.05.21)

Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Canada) (2019.05.21 – 2022.06.01)

Vice-President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2019.09.28 – 2021.09.27)

Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada) (2020.06.01 – 2022.06.01)

President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2021.09.27 – ...)

Bishop of Saint-Jérôme–Mont-Laurier (Canada) (2022.06.01 – ...)

Bishop Gilles Lussier (82)
(1991.09.07 – 2015.09.08)

Bishop emeritus of Joliette (Canada)

Selon Ta Parole, rassemblées en un seul corps

Born:	1940.06.05 (Montréal, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1964.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.02.28

Titular Bishop of Augurus (1988.12.23 – 1991.09.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Canada) (1988.12.23 – 1991.09.07)

Bishop of Joliette (Canada) (1991.09.07 – 2015.09.08)

Bishop René Audet
(1968.01.03 – 1990.10.31)

In ædificationem corporis Christi

Born:	1920.01.18 (Montréal, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1948.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.07.31
Died:	2011.06.12 († 91)

Titular Bishop of Chonochora (1963.05.21 – 1968.01.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa (Canada) (1963.05.21 – 1968.01.03)

Bishop of Joliette (Canada) (1968.01.03 – 1990.10.31)

Bishop Joseph-Arthur Papineau
(1928.06.15 – 1968.01.03)

Semper ad Dominum

Born:	1875.02.08 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1900.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1928.08.24
Died:	1970.02.15 († 95)

Bishop of Joliette (Canada) (1928.06.15 – 1968.01.03)

Titular Bishop of Simitthu (1968.01.03 – 1970.02.15)

Bishop Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes (later Archbishop)
(1913.08.06 – 1928.01.29)

Salus per Christum

Born:	1865.08.10 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1888.03.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1913.10.09
Died:	1940.05.22 († 74)

Bishop of Joliette (Canada) (1913.08.06 – 1928.01.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada) (1928.01.29 – 1940.05.22)

Bishop Joseph-Alfred Archambault
(1904.06.27 – 1913.04.25)

Quis ut Deus

Born:	1859.05.23 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1882.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1904.08.24
Died:	1913.04.25 († 53)

Bishop of Joliette (Canada) (1904.06.27 – 1913.04.25)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Édouard Jetté (1948.01.03 – 1968.01.03)

Contact Info

Address: Évêché, C.P. 470, 2 rue Saint-Charles-Borromée Nord, Joliette, QC J6E 2T5, Canada

Phone: +1 (450) 753-7596

Website:

Statistics

Area: 8,800 km²

Population: 264,650 Catholics (92.2% of 287,000 total) (2020)

Statistics: 23 parishes, 7 missions, 88 priests (38 diocesan, 50 religious), 8 deacons, 197 lay religious (97 brothers, 100 sisters), 1 seminarian (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Charles Borromeo (November 4)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 30 (1907)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1904.01.27: Established as Diocese of Joliette / Iolietten(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montréal and became suffragan of Montréal)
2007.05.31: Gained territory from Diocese of Amos

Diocese of

Joliette

Canada

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