Roman Catholic Diocese of Nicolet

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nicolet (Latin: Dioecesis Nicoletana) (erected 10 July 1885) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

Diocese of Nicolet

Dioecesis Nicoletana
Saint-Jean-Baptiste Cathedral
Location
CountryCanada
Ecclesiastical provinceQuebec
Population
- Catholics (including non-members)
189,900 (98.0%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established10 July 1885
CathedralSt. John the Baptist Cathedral, Nicolet
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopAndré Gazaille
Website
http://www.diocesenicolet.qc.ca/

Cathedral
Saint-Jean-Baptiste Cathedral in 1886

The seat of the bishop (or "ordinary") is the Cathedral of St. Jean-Baptiste, a spectacular building opened in 1963, which seats 1,200 worshippers and features extensive stained glass as well as other artwork by a number of local artists. The present building is the fifth cathedral, successor to four previous buildings that fell victim to various physical disasters: two collapses, a fire, and damage from the Nicolet landslide of 1955. A frieze of stained glass in the apse shows characters from the Bible and from the history of the Christian church, including a portrait of Bishop Martin, who was responsible for construction of the new building.

Bishops

Ordinaries
  • Elphège Gravel (1885 – 1904)
  • Joseph-Simon-Herman Brunault (1904 – 1937)
  • Albini Lafortune (1938 – 1950)
  • Joseph Albertus Martin (1950 – 1989)
  • Raymond Saint-Gelais (1989 – 2011)
  • André Gazaille (2011 – present)

Coadjutor bishops
  • Joseph-Simon-Herman Brunault (1899-1904)
  • Joseph Albertus Martin (1950)
  • Raymond Saint-Gelais (1988-1989)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
  • Joseph-Roméo Gagnon, appointed Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick in 1949

Bibliography
  • "Diocese of Nicolet". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  • Brunault, Joseph Simon Herman (1911). "Diocese of Nicolet" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company.


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