Diocese of Chicoutimi
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Diocese of Chicoutimi Dioecesis Chicoutimiensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
| Ecclesiastical province | Québec |
| Statistics | |
Population
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| Parishes | 65 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Cathedral | Saint-François-Xavier Cathedral |
| Secular priests | 112 (diocesan) 21 (Religious Orders) 43 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | René Guay |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Gérald Lacroix |
| Bishops emeritus | André Rivest |
| Website | |
| evechedechicoutimi.qc.ca | |
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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][5][6]
Bishops
[edit | edit source]- 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–present)[7]
Coadjutor bishop
[edit | edit source]- Marius Paré (1960-1961)
Auxiliary bishops
[edit | edit source]- Marius Paré (1956-1960), appointed Coadjutor here
- Roch Pedneault (1974-2002)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
[edit | edit source]- Bertrand Blanchet, appointed Bishop of Gaspé, Québec in 1973
- Serge Patrick Poitras, appointed Bishop of Timmins, Ontario in 2012
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Diocese of Chicoutimi - catholic-hierarchy.org
- ^ Chicoutimi - Catholic Encyclopedia article
- ^ Official Web site
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