Roman Catholic Diocese of Chicoutimi
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Diocese of Chicoutimi Dioecesis Chicoutimiensis | |
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Location | |
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Ecclesiastical province | Quebec |
Statistics | |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 282,000 (est.) 275,000 (est.) (97.5%) |
Parishes | 65 |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | Saint-François-Xavier Cathedral |
Secular priests | 112 (diocesan) 21 (Religious Orders) 43 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | René Guey |
Bishops emeritus | André Rivest |
Website | |
evechedechicoutimi.qc.ca |
The Diocese of Chicoutimi (Latin: Dioecesis Chicoutimiensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Quebec, centred on the borough of Chicoutimi in the city of Saguenay. It is part of the ecclesiastical province of Quebec.[1][2][3]
On 18 November 2017, Pope Francis appointed René Guay, a priest of Chicoutimi, as the new bishop.[4]
Bishops
[edit]- Dominique Racine (1878-1888)
- Louis Nazaire Bégin (1888-1892), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Québec; future Cardinal
- Michel-Thomas Labrecque (1892-1927)
- Charles-Antonelli Lamarche (1928-1940)
- Georges-Arthur Melançon (1940-1961)
- Marius Paré (1961-1979)
- Jean-Guy Couture (1979-2004)
- André Rivest (2004-2017)
- René Guay (2017- )
Coadjutor bishop
[edit]- Marius Paré (1960-1961)
Auxiliary bishops
[edit]- Marius Paré (1956-1960), appointed Coadjutor here
- Roch Pedneault (1974-2002)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
[edit]- Bertrand Blanchet, appointed Bishop of Gaspé, Québec in 1973
- Serge Patrick Poitras, appointed Bishop of Timmins, Ontario in 2012
References
[edit]- ^ Diocese of Chicoutimi - catholic-hierarchy.org
- ^ Chicoutimi - Catholic Encyclopedia article
- ^ Official Web site
- ^ David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy.org, Rene Guay; retrieved: 2017-11-19. [self-published source]
- Huard, V.A. (1908). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company. . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.).
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