SAN GIOVANNI DI QUÉBEC (SAINT JEAN), DIOCESE of. — City and diocese in the province of Québec (Canada).
The diocese of S. G. di Q. was erected by Pius XI on 9 June 1933 through the dismemberment of that of Montréal and comprises five districts: St-Jean, Naperville, Laprairie, Chambly, and Verchères. The Catholic population numbers 109,212 souls, cared for by 144 diocesan priests and 62 religious. In the diocese there are 2 classical colleges, 59 churches or chapels, 2 hospitals, 7 orphanages and hospices, and 1 agricultural school.
BIBL.: Pius XI, Ecclesiae universalis sollicitudo, 9 June 1933, in AAS, 26 (1934), pp. 622–24; Le Canada ecclésiastique 1950, Montréal 1950, pp. 313–22. Gastone Carrière