Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Jérôme–Mont-Laurier

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Jérôme (Dioecesis Sancti Hieronymi Terraebonae) is a Latin rite suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montréal.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathédrale Saint-Jérôme, dedicated to Saint Jerome (Hieronumus), in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec.

History
It was erected on 23 June 1951 as Diocese of Saint-Jérôme / Sancti Hieronymi Terræbonæ (Latin), on territories split off from (its Metropolitan) the Archdiocese of Montréal, the Archdiocese of Ottawa and Diocese of Mont-Laurier.

Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 446,000 Catholics (97.2% of 459,000 total) on 2,116 km2 in 35 parishes, 67 priests (52 diocesan, 15 religious), 18 deacons, 118 lay religious (21 brothers, 97 sisters), 3 seminarians.

Episcopal Ordinaries
(Roman Rite)


 * Suffragan Bishops of Saint-Jérôme
 * Émilien Frenette (1951.07.05 – death 1971.06.11), died 1983
 * Bernard Hubert (1971.06.25 – 1977.01.27), next Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec (Canada) (1977.01.27 – 1978.05.03), succeeding as Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec (1978.05.03 – 1982.02.27), Bishop of Saint-Jean–Longueuil (Canada) (1982.02.27 – death 1996.02.02), also President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (1985 – 1987)
 * Charles-Omer Valois (1977.06.10 – retired 1997.01.22)
 * Gilles Cazabon, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (O.M.I.) (1997.12.27 – retired 2008.07.03), previously Bishop of Timmins (Canada) (1992.03.13 – 1997.12.27)
 * Pierre Morissette (2008.07.03 – 2019.05.21), also President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2009.10.23 – 2011.10.18); previously Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta (1987.02.27 – 1990.03.17) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Montréal (Canada) (1987.02.27 – 1990.03.17), Bishop of Baie-Comeau (Canada) (1990.03.17 – 2008.07.03), Vice-President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2007.10 – 2009.10.23).– incumbent Bishop Emeritus
 * Raymond Poisson (2019.05.21-Present), previously as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Saint-Jerome and Titular Bishop of Gegi (2012.05.01-2015.09.08) Bishop of Diocese of Joliette (2015.09.08-2018.05.18), Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jerome (2018.05.18-2019.05.21), Vice-President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2019.09.28-), additionally appointed as Bishop of Diocese of Mont-Laurier (2020.06.01-).

Coadjutor

 * Coadjutor Bishop: Raymond Poisson (2018.05.18 - 2019.05.21)

Auxiliary

 * BIOS TO ELABORATE & WORK-IN


 * Auxiliary Bishop: Raymond Saint-Gelais (1980.07.05 – 1988.02.19), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Nicolet, Québec
 * Auxiliary Bishop: Gilles Lussier (1988.12.23 – 1991.09.07), appointed Bishop of Joliette, Québec
 * Auxiliary Bishop: Vital Massé (1993.10.20 – 2001.09.08), appointed Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec
 * Auxiliary Bishop: Donald Lapointe (2002.10.26 – 2011.07.30)
 * Auxiliary Bishop: Raymond Poisson (2012.05.01 - 2015.09.08), appointed Bishop of Joliette, Québec (later returned here as Coadjutor)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

 * Paul-Émile Charbonneau, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa, Ontario in 1960
 * Luc Cyr, appointed Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec in 2001

Sources and external links

 * Diocese of Saint-Jérôme site (in French)
 * GCatholic, with Google map - data for all sections
 * Bibliography