JOLIETTE, Diocese of. - City and diocese in Canada. The Hon. Barthélemy Joliette (1789-1850) founded in 1823 the village of l'Industrie, a name that was later changed to that of J. (Quebec, Canada), in 1864. The Hon. Joliette built the parish church (1843), erected a college (1845) and asked the bishop of Montreal, I. Bourget, to entrust its care to a religious community. The Congregation of St-Viateur took possession of it in the autumn of 1847.

The diocese of J. was erected on 27 Jan. 1904 as a suffragan of Montreal. The Catholic population distributed among 50 parishes numbers 82,566 inhabitants, while the non-Catholics number 1,891. The clergy is composed of 181 priests and 71 religious (Clerics of St. Viator). There are 50 parish churches, 1 college, 2 normal schools, 7 orphanages, 7 homes for the aged, 1 hospital, 1 religious scholasticate, 3 novitiates and a retreat house for men. The total area of the diocese (province of Quebec) is 8,400 square miles.

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BIBL.: Pius X, Pastorale Romani Pontificis, 27 Jan. 1904, in Pii X P. M. Acta, I, Rome 1905, pp. 139-40; A. C. Dugas, Noces de Diamant, Séminaire de J. 1846-1910, Joliette 1910; Le Canada ecclésiastique, Montreal 1950, pp. 300-12.

Gastone Carriere

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