Diocese of Rouyn-Noranda, Canada 🇨🇦

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Rouyn-Noranda / Ruynen(sis)–Noranden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Gatineau

Neighbouring Dioceses: Timmins (←), Hearst–Moosonee (↖), Amos (↑), Saint-Jérôme–Mont-Laurier (↘), Pembroke (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph (March 19), St. Michael (September 29)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 22 (2004)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1973.11.29: Established as Diocese of Rouyn-Noranda / Ruynen(sis)–Noranden(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Timmins and became suffragan of Ottawa)
1990.10.31: Became suffragan of Gatineau–Hull

Contact Info

Address: 240, avenue du Portage, Rouyn-Noranda QC J9X 4M9, Canada

Phone: +1 (819) 764-4660

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Rouyn-Noranda (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Ferdinand Guy Boulanger (62) (later Archbishop)
(2020.01.31 – 2026.04.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada)

Tu me devances

Born:	1963.06.06 (Whitton, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1991.10.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.08.28

Priest of Sherbrooke (Canada) (1991.10.26 – 2020.01.31)

Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda (Canada) (2020.01.31 – 2026.04.10)

Bishop of Amos (Canada) (2023.09.16 – 2026.04.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada) (2026.04.10 – ...)

Bishop Gilles Lemay (78)
(Apostolic Administrator 2019.06.25 – 2020.01.31)

Bishop Dorylas Moreau
(2001.11.30 – 2019.06.25)

Comme Celui qui sert

Born:	1947.07.15 (Kamouraska, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1972.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.03.02
Died:	2019.10.22 (Rouyn-Noranda, QC, Canada † 72)

Priest of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada) (1972.05.20 – 2001.11.30)

Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda (Canada) (2001.11.30 – 2019.06.25)

Bishop Jean-Guy Hamelin
(1973.11.29 – 2001.11.30)

Born:	1925.10.08 (Saint-Sévérin-de-Proulxville, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1949.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.02.09
Died:	2018.03.01 († 92)

Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda (Canada) (1973.11.29 – 2001.11.30)

President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (1993 – 1995)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Joseph, Rouyn-Noranda, Québec
Former Cathedral (now not in use): Ancienne cathédrale Saint-Michel-Archange, Rouyn-Noranda, Québec
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (46)

Timmins (←), Hearst–Moosonee (↖), Amos (↑), Saint-Jérôme–Mont-Laurier (↘), Pembroke (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 24,352 km²

Population: 57,400 Catholics (91.3% of 62,900 total)

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes

Personnel: 21 priests (18 diocesan, 3 religious), 3 deacons, 47 religious (3 brothers, 44 sisters), 1 seminarian