Roman Catholic Diocese of Nicolet

Catholic ecclesiastical territory

Diocese of Nicolet Dioecesis Nicoletana

Saint-Jean-Baptiste Cathedral
Logo of the Diocese
Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Quebec
Population - Catholics	189,900 (98.0%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	10 July 1885
Cathedral	St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Nicolet
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Daniel Jodoin
Bishops emeritus	André Gazaille
Website
http://www.diocesenicolet.qc.ca/

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

Cathedral

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 – 2022)
Daniel Jodoin (2022 – )

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. Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company.