Diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Canada 🇨🇦

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière / Sanctæ Annæ Pocatieren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Québec

Neighbouring Dioceses: Québec (←), Rimouski (↗), Portland in Maine (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Anne (July 26)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 23 (1951)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1951.06.23: Established as Diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière / Sanctæ Annæ Pocatieren(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Québec and became suffragan of Québec)

Contact Info

Address: C.P. 430, 1200 4e Avenue Painchaud, La Pocatière, QC G0R 1Z0, Canada

Phone: +1 (418) 856-1811

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.12.08 – ...):

Bishop Pierre Goudreault (62)

President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pierre Goudreault (62)
(2017.12.08 – ...)

Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada)
President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops

Proclamer partout l’Évangile

Born:	1963.05.27 (Rouyn-Noranda, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1991.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.03.10

Priest of Rouyn-Noranda (Canada) (1991.05.18 – 2017.12.08)

Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada) (2017.12.08 – ...)

Vice-President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2023.09.28 – 2025.09.26)

President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2025.09.26 – ...)

Bishop Yvon-Joseph Moreau, O.C.S.O. (84)
(2008.10.18 – 2017.12.08)

Bishop emeritus of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada)

A la louange de sa gloire

Born:	1941.10.29 (Saint-Pascal-de-Kamouraska, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1968.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.12.27

Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada) (2008.10.18 – 2017.12.08)

Bishop Clément Fecteau
(1996.05.10 – 2008.10.18)

Born:	1933.04.20 (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1957.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.10.20
Died:	2017.12.31 (Québec, QC, Canada † 84)

Titular Bishop of Talaptula (1989.06.17 – 1996.05.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1989.06.17 – 1996.05.10)

Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada) (1996.05.10 – 2008.10.18)

Bishop André Gaumond (later Archbishop)
(1985.05.31 – 1995.02.16)

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)

Bishop Charles Henri Lévesque
(1968.08.17 – 1984.11.24)

Born:	1921.12.29 (Saint-André-de-Kamouraska, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1948.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.12.27
Died:	1984.11.24 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Guzabeta (1965.10.18 – 1968.08.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada) (1965.10.18 – 1968.08.17)

Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada) (1968.08.17 – 1984.11.24)

Bishop Bruno Desrochers
(1951.07.13 – 1968.05.24)

Born:	1910.04.17 (Saint-Louis-de-Lotbinière, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1934.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.09.21
Died:	1976.10.06 (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, QC, Canada † 66)

Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada) (1951.07.13 – 1968.05.24)

Titular Bishop of Zaba (1968.05.24 – 1970.11.24)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Charles Henri Lévesque (1965.10.18 – 1968.08.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jean-Marie Fortier (later Archbishop) (1960.11.15 – 1965.01.19)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Sainte-Anne, La Pocatière, Québec
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (60)

Québec (←), Rimouski (↗), Portland in Maine (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,623 km²

Population: 85,703 Catholics (94.3% of 90,916 total)

Pastoral Centres: 54 parishes

Personnel: 51 priests (49 diocesan, 2 religious), 7 deacons, 78 religious (2 brothers, 76 sisters), 1 seminarian