Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Jean–Longueuil

Diocese of Saint-Jean–Longueuil Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis–Longoliensis Diocèse de Saint-Jean Longueuil
Location
Country	Canada
Territory	Montérégie
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Montréal
Metropolitan	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec
Statistics
Area	2,078 km2 (802 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 743,326 625,550 (84.2%)
Parishes	45
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	June 9, 1933
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist
Patron saint	St. John
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Lionel Gendron, P.S.S. Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jean-Claude Turcotte Archbishop of Montréal
Auxiliary Bishops	Louis Dicaire Claude Hamelin Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil
Website
dsjl.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Jean–Longueuil (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis–Longoliensis) (erected 9 June 1933, as the Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Québec) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montréal. It was renamed on 27 February 1982.

Ordinaries

• Paul-Ernest-Anastase Forget (1934 - 1955)
• Gérard-Marie Coderre (1955 - 1978)
• Bernard Hubert (1978 - 1996)
• Jacques Berthelet, C.S.V. (1996 - 2010)
• Lionel Gendron, P.S.S. (2010 - present)

Notable churches

• Cocathédrale Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue, in Longueuil, Quebec.
• Basilique Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes, in Varennes, Quebec.

Bibliography

• "Diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-15.

External links

• Diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil site (in French)