Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sherbrooke, Canada

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Sherbrooke / Sherbrooken(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Nicolet, Saint-Hyacinthe

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: St. Michael (September 29), Saint Marie-Léonie Paradis (May 4)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 24 (1959)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1874.08.28: Established as Diocese of Sherbrooke / Sherbrooken(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Québec, Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe and Diocese of Trois-Rivières and became suffragan of Québec)
1886.06.08: Became suffragan of Montréal
1951.03.02: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sherbrooke / Sherbrooken(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Nicolet and Saint-Hyacinthe)

Contact Info

Address: C.P. 430, 130 rue de la Cathédrale, Sherbrooke, QC J1H 4M1, Canada

Phone: +1 (819) 563-9934

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2011.07.26 – ...):

Archbishop Luc Cyr (70)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Sherbrooke (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Luc Cyr (70)
(2011.07.26 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada)

Un seul cœur, une seule âme

Born:	1953.11.21 (Saint-Jérôme, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1980.08.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.06.17

Priest of Saint-Jérôme (Canada) (1980.08.24 – 2001.05.10)

Bishop of Valleyfield (Canada) (2001.05.10 – 2011.07.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada) (2011.07.26 – ...)

Archbishop André Gaumond
(1996.07.01 – 2011.07.26)

Espérer en Dieu

Born:	1936.06.03 (Saint-Thomas de Montmagny, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1961.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.08.15
Died:	2019.12.14 (Sherbrooke, QC, Canada † 83)

Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada) (1985.05.31 – 1995.02.16)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada) (1995.02.16 – 1996.07.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada) (1996.07.01 – 2011.07.26)

President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2005.10 – 2007.10)

Archbishop Jean-Marie Fortier
(1968.04.20 – 1996.07.01)

Dei laudem per Jesum

Born:	1920.07.01 (Québec, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1944.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.01.23
Died:	2002.10.31 (Québec, QC, Canada † 82)

Titular Bishop of Pomaria (1960.11.15 – 1965.01.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada) (1960.11.15 – 1965.01.19)

Bishop of Gaspé (Canada) (1965.01.19 – 1968.04.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada) (1968.04.20 – 1996.07.01)

President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (1973 – 1975)

Archbishop Georges Cabana
(1952.05.28 – 1967.02.07)

Ut sint unum

Born:	1894.10.22 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1918.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.06.30
Died:	1986.02.06 († 91)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada) (1941.05.24 – 1952.01.29)

Titular Archbishop of Anchialus (1941.05.24 – 1952.05.28)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada) (1952.01.29 – 1952.05.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada) (1952.05.28 – 1967.02.07)

Titular Archbishop of Succuba (1968.02.07 – 1970.11.27)

Archbishop Philippe-Servulo Desranleau
(1951.03.02 – 1952.05.28)

Christo et petro

Born:	1882.04.03 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1909.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.02.24
Died:	1952.05.28 († 70)

Titular Bishop of Sala (1937.12.13 – 1941.02.12)

Coadjutor Bishop of Sherbrooke (Canada) (1937.12.13 – 1941.02.12)

Bishop of Sherbrooke (Canada) (1941.02.12 – 1951.03.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada) (1951.03.02 – 1952.05.28)

Bishops of Sherbrooke (Roman Rite)

Bishop Philippe-Servulo Desranleau (later Archbishop)
(1941.02.12 – 1951.03.02)

(see above)

Bishop Alphonse-Osias Gagnon
(1927.06.23 – 1941.02.12)

Christus non sibi placuit

Born:	1860.12.13 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1883.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1923.06.29
Died:	1941.02.12 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Pegæ (1923.05.23 – 1927.06.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sherbrooke (Canada) (1923.05.23 – 1927.06.23)

Bishop of Sherbrooke (Canada) (1927.06.23 – 1941.02.12)

Bishop Paul-Stanislas LaRocque
(1893.10.06 – 1926.08.15)

Omnibus omnia factus sum

Born:	1846.10.27 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1869.05.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1893.11.30
Died:	1926.08.15 († 79)

Bishop of Sherbrooke (Canada) (1893.10.06 – 1926.08.15)

Bishop Antoine Racine
(1874.09.01 – 1893.07.17)

In fide spe et caritate radicatus

Born:	1822.01.26 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1844.09.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1874.10.18
Died:	1893.07.17 († 71)

Bishop of Sherbrooke (Canada) (1874.09.01 – 1893.07.17)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop André Gaumond (1995.02.16 – 1996.07.01)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Georges Cabana (1952.01.29 – 1952.05.28)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Philippe-Servulo Desranleau (later Archbishop) (1937.12.13 – 1941.02.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alphonse-Osias Gagnon (1923.05.23 – 1927.06.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Hubert-Olivier Chalifoux (1914.09.30 – 1922.03.17)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Basilique-Cathédrale Saint-Michel, Sherbrooke, Québec

Churches by City (94)

Burlington (↙), Saint-Hyacinthe (←), Nicolet (↖), Québec (↑), Portland in Maine (→), Manchester (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,000 km²

Population: 272,000 Catholics (80.0% of 340,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 38 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 143 priests (87 diocesan, 56 religious), 22 deacons, 486 religious (128 brothers, 358 sisters), 1 seminarian