SANT'ANNA DE LA POCATIÈRE, DIOCESE of. – City and diocese in the province of Québec (Canada).
It has a population of 87,468 inhabitants, of whom 87,369 are Catholics, distributed among 53 parishes served by 180 diocesan priests; there are 2 classical colleges, 2 normal schools for young women, the University Faculty of Agriculture, and 10 hospitals. The diocese was created by Pope Pius XII through the apostolic constitution Sollieri studio of 23 June 1951, by dismemberment from the archdiocese of Québec of the civil counties of Kamouraska, Islet, Montmagny, and Rivière de Loup, elevating the church of S. Anna in the city of S. A. de la P. to the dignity and rank of a cathedral. It is a suffragan of Québec. The College of S. A. de la P. was founded in 1827 by Rev. Carlo Francesco Poinchaud.