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Bishop Raymond Poisson

Bishop of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier

Coat of arms
Coat of arms
Coat of arms of the Canadian Bishop Raymond Poisson, Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Canada). Blazon Arms: Azure on a cross Argent between in the first quarter a sun in splendour Or inscribed IHS in letters Azure, in the second a fish palewise, in the third a fern frond and in the fourth a daisy Or, a Maltese cross Azure; Motto: ADSPICIENTES IN IESUM; Symbolism Arms Blue is a Marian colour. The cross is the principal symbol of Christianity. The Maltese cross recalls Bishop Poisson's position a
Born
Apr 30, 1958 Saint-Jean-Baptiste, La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Canada
Nationality
Canada
Ordained priest
Dec 9, 1983 740 boul. Sainte-Foy, Canada
Ordained bishop
Jun 15, 2012 Saint-Jérôme, Titular
Appointed
Jun 1, 2022
Principal consecrator
Joseph Paul Pierre Morissette
Co-consecrators
Lionel Gendron Luc Cyr
Motto
ADSPICIENTES IN IESUM

Msgr. Raymond Poisson was born on 30 April 1958 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec. He completed his studies at the Seminary of the Holy Trinity in Saint-Bruno and at the Collège André Grasset, and was ordained a priest on 9 December 1983 for the diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil. He obtained a baccalaureate from the Theological Faculty of Montréal. From 1987 to 1989 he studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University, obtaining a doctorate in theology. After his studies in Rome, he was appointed as special secretary to the bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, S. E. Msgr. Bernard Hubert, also holding the position of vicar and then parish priest of Saint-Georges in the episcopal city. From 1995 to 2007 he served as parish priest of the co-cathedral of Saint-Antoine de Padoue. Later, he was pastor of the Pastoral Unit Sainte-Marguerite-d'Younville and Rector of the Basilica of Sainte-Anne of Varennes. On 1 May 2012 he was appointed as auxiliary bishop of Saint-Jérôme and received episcopal ordination on the following 15 June. On 8 September 2015 H. E. Msgr. Poisson was appointed as bishop of Joliette.