The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sherbrooke ( la, Archidioecesis Sherbrookensis) is a

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that includes part of the civil province of

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and includes the suffragan dioceses of Nicolet and

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. It is currently led by

Luc Cyr Luc Cyr (born November 21, 1953) is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is currently Archbishop of Sherbrooke. Cyr succeeded to this post in September 2011, after serving as Bishop of Valleyfield from June 2001. Cyr was born in S ...

. As of 2004, the archdiocese contains 107 parishes, 195 active diocesan priests, 107 religious priests, and 291,000 Catholics. It also has 1,012 women religious, 197 religious brothers, and 18 permanent deacons.

History

By 1830, Irish and French Canadian Catholics in the area worshipped at a small chapel dedicated to St. Columban. In 1874, the Diocese of Sherbrooke was created from the

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Antoine Racine Antoine Racine (January 26, 1822 – July 17, 1893) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and the 1st Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sherbrooke, Bishop of Sherbrooke from 1874 to 1893. He is burial, buried in the Cathedral in Sherbrooke. Sém ...

was appointed the first bishop. The following year, Racine founded the Séminaire Saint-Charles-Borromée, taught he theology for a number of years.

Bishops

Diocesan bishops

The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Sherbrooke and their terms of service: *

(1874–1893) *

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(1893–1926) * Alphonse-Osias Gagnon (1927–1941) * Philippe Desranleau (1941–1952) * Georges Cabana (1952–1967) *

Jean-Marie Fortier Jean-Marie Fortier (July 1, 1920 – October 31, 2002) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, Bishop of Gaspé, and Archbishop of Sherbrooke. Born in Quebec City, Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' ...

(1968–1996) *

André Gaumond André Gaumond (3 June 1936 – 14 December 2019) was a Canadian Roman Catholic bishop. Gaumond was born in Canada and was ordained to the priesthood in 1961. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, ...

(1996–2011) *

(2011–present)

Coadjutor bishops

* Georges Cabana (1952) *

(1995-1996)

Auxiliary bishop

* Alphonse-Osias Gagnon (1923-1927), appointed Bishop here

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Donald Lapointe, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec in 2002 * Daniel Jodoin, appointed Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick in 2013 *

Joseph Ferdinand Guy Boulanger Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

, appointed Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda, Québec in 2020

References

External links

Archdiocese of Sherbrooke page at catholichierarchy.org
retrieved July 14, 2006 Catholic Church in Quebec Organizations based in Sherbrooke {{Quebec-stub