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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.

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Nicolet Official Site