Bishop of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier
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.