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The Société des Missions-Étrangères du Québec (Societas pro missionibus exteris Provinciae Quebecensis', shortened P.M.E.), founded in 1921 in Quebec, Canada, is a missionary Roman Catholic Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right, for Men, as the name suggests devoted to missions, mainly in Latin America and the Far East.

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History

The society was established on 2 February 1921 in Quebec, Canada, where it still has its headquarters: 180 place Juge-Desnoyers, Pont-Viau, Ville de Laval, QC H7G IA4, Canada.

Statistics

As per 2013, it has 11 houses and 125 members, including 118 priests.

Superiors general

  • Fr. Jean-Avila Roch (1932.08.16 – 1938.07.11)
  • Fr. Edgar Larochelle (藍德) (1938.07.11 – 1958.02.19)
  • Fr. Gilles Joseph Napoléon Ouellet (1958.02.19 – 1967.09.19) (later Archbishop, see below)
  • Fr. Viateur Allary (1967.09.19 – 1973.07.05)
  • Fr. André Vallée (1973.07.05 – 1979.06.05) (later Bishop, see below)
  • Fr. Jean-Louis Martin (1979.06.05 – 1985.05.28)
  • Fr. Pierre Samson (1985.05.28 – 1991.05.28)
  • Fr. François Lapierre (1991.05.28 – 1998.04.07)(later Bishop, see below)
  • Fr. Roland Laneuville(1998 – 2008.04.28)
  • Fr. Guy Charbonneau (2008.04.28 – 2013.01.26) (later Bishop, see below)
  • Fr. Martin Laliberté, P.M.E. (2013.05.08 – ...)
  • Prelates from their ranks

    Alive
  • Bishop Guy Charbonneau, Bishop of Choluteca (Honduras)
  • Raúl Corriveau, Bishop emeritus of Choluteca (Honduras)
  • François Lapierre, Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada)
  • Juan Luis Martin Buisson, Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Numidia and Apostolic Vicar emeritus of Pucallpa (Peru)
  • Deceased, by year of demise
  • 1943: Fr. Joseph-Albany-Emilien Massé (馬), Apostolic Prefect of Lindong 林東 (PR China)
  • 1952: Bishop Joseph-Louis-Adhémar Lapierre (石俊聲), Bishop of Siping 四平 (PR China)
  • 1962: Fr. Adam Grossi, Apostolic Prefect of Malda (India) (March 28, 1952 – 1962)
  • 1975: Archbishop Clovis Thibauld, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Davao (Philippines)
  • 1995: Bishop Pierre Fisette, Bishop of Hearst (Canada)
  • 1997: Bishop Marcel Gérin y Boulay, Bishop emeritus of Choluteca (Honduras)
  • 2005: Bishop Joseph-Rolland-Gustave Prévost-Godard (趙玉明), Apostolic Vicar emeritus of Pucallpa (Peru)
  • 2007: Bishop Generoso C. Camiña, Bishop emeritus of Digos (Philippines)
  • 2009: Archbishop Gilles Joseph Napoléon Ouellet, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rimouski (Canada)
  • 2014: Bishop Jean-Louis Giasson, Bishop emeritus of Yoro (Honduras)
  • 2015: Bishop André Vallée, Bishop emeritus of Hearst (Canada)
  • 2015: Bishop Guido Plante, Bishop emeritus of Choluteca (Honduras)
  • References

    Société des Missions-Étrangères du Québec Wikipedia