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Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Jean Longueuil

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Territory
  
Montérégie

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Province
  
Québec

Country
  
Canada

Auxiliary bishop
  
Louis Dicaire

Parishes
  
45

Area
  
2,078 km²

Phone
  
+1 450-676-2695

Patron saint
  
John the Evangelist

Ecclesiastical province
  
Archdiocese of Montréal

Metropolitan
  
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2014) 743,326 625,550 (84.2%)

Address
  
740 Boulevard Sainte-Foy, Longueuil, QC J4J 1Z3, Canada

Similar
  
Paroisse Saint‑Ant, de l'Église et Claude, Parc St Mark, Archevêc De Montréal, Eglise Nouvelle Vie

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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.

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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.

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil Wikipedia
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