Société des Missions-Étrangères du Québec
- For namesake see Paris Foreign Missions Society
The 'Société des Missions-Étrangères du Québec (Societas pro missionibus exteris Provinciae Quebecensis, shortened P.M.E.), founded in 1921 in Quebec, Canada, is a missionary Roman Catholic Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right, for Men, as the name suggests devoted to missions, mainly in Latin America and the Far East.
History
The society was established on 2 February 1921 in Quebec, Canada, where it still has its headquarters: 180 place Juge-Desnoyers, Pont-Viau, Ville de Laval, QC H7G IA4, Canada.
Statistics
As per 2013, it has 11 houses and 125 members, including 118 priests.
Superiors general
- Fr. Jean-Avila Roch (1932.08.16 – 1938.07.11)
- Fr. Edgar Larochelle (藍德) (1938.07.11 – 1958.02.19)
- Fr. Gilles Joseph Napoléon Ouellet (1958.02.19 – 1967.09.19) (later Archbishop, see below)
- Fr. Viateur Allary (1967.09.19 – 1973.07.05)
- Fr. André Vallée (1973.07.05 – 1979.06.05) (later Bishop, see below)
- Fr. Jean-Louis Martin (1979.06.05 – 1985.05.28)
- Fr. Pierre Samson (1985.05.28 – 1991.05.28)
- Fr. François Lapierre (1991.05.28 – 1998.04.07)(later Bishop, see below)
- Fr. Roland Laneuville(1998 – 2008.04.28)
- Fr. Guy Charbonneau (2008.04.28 – 2013.01.26) (later Bishop, see below)
- Fr. Martin Laliberté, P.M.E. (2013.05.08 – ...)
Prelates from their ranks
- Alive
- Bishop Guy Charbonneau, Bishop of Choluteca (Honduras)
- Raúl Corriveau, Bishop emeritus of Choluteca (Honduras)
- François Lapierre, Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada)
- Juan Luis Martin Buisson, Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Numidia and Apostolic Vicar emeritus of Pucallpa (Peru)
- Deceased, by year of demise
- 1943: Fr. Joseph-Albany-Emilien Massé (馬), Apostolic Prefect of Lindong 林東 (PR China)
- 1952: Bishop Joseph-Louis-Adhémar Lapierre (石俊聲), Bishop of Siping 四平 (PR China)
- 1962: Fr. Adam Grossi, Apostolic Prefect of Malda (India) (March 28, 1952 – 1962)
- 1975: Archbishop Clovis Thibauld, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Davao (Philippines)
- 1995: Bishop Pierre Fisette, Bishop of Hearst (Canada)
- 1997: Bishop Marcel Gérin y Boulay, Bishop emeritus of Choluteca (Honduras)
- 2005: Bishop Joseph-Rolland-Gustave Prévost-Godard (趙玉明), Apostolic Vicar emeritus of Pucallpa (Peru)
- 2007: Bishop Generoso C. Camiña, Bishop emeritus of Digos (Philippines)
- 2009: Archbishop Gilles Joseph Napoléon Ouellet, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rimouski (Canada)
- 2014: Bishop Jean-Louis Giasson, Bishop emeritus of Yoro (Honduras)
- 2015: Bishop André Vallée, Bishop emeritus of Hearst (Canada)
- 2015: Bishop Guido Plante, Bishop emeritus of Choluteca (Honduras)
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