Roman Catholic Diocese of Baie-Comeau
Appearance
(Redirected from Apostolic Vicariate of Golfe Saint-Laurent)
Diocese of Baie-Comeau Dioecesis Sinus Comoënsis | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Ecclesiastical province | Quebec |
Statistics | |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 108,150 99,400 ( 91.9%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1986 |
Cathedral | St. John Eudes Cathedral, Baie-Comeau |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Jean-Pierre Blais |
Website | |
Website [1] |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baie-Comeau (Latin: Dioecesis Sinus Comoënsis) (erected 29 May 1882, as the Prefecture Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rimouski. The organization is based in Baie-Comeau, Quebec.
History
[edit]It was elevated as the Vicariate Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent on 12 September 1905 and as the Diocese of Golfe St-Laurent on 24 November 1945. It became the Diocese of Hauterive in 1960 then the Diocese of Baie-Comeau in 1986, following the fusion of Hauterive and Baie-Comeau in 1982.
Ordinaries
[edit]- François-Xavier Bossé (1882–1892)
- Michel-Thomas Labrecque (1892–1903)
- Gustave Maria Blanche, C.I.M. (1905–1916)
- Patrice Alexandre Chiasson, C.I.M. (1917–1920), appointed Bishop of Chatham, New Brunswick
- Julien-Marie Leventoux, C.I.M. (1922–1938)
- Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M. (1938–1956)
- Gérard Couturier (1956–1974)
- Jean-Guy Couture (1975–1979), appointed Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec
- Roger Ébacher (1979–1988), appointed Bishop of Gatineau-Hull, Québec
- Maurice Couture, R.S.V. (1988–1990), appointed Archbishop of Québec
- Joseph Paul Pierre Morissette (1990–2008), appointed Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec
- Jean-Pierre Blais (2008–)
Territorial losses
[edit]Year | Along with | To form |
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1945 | Vicariate Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent Diocese of Harbour Grace |
Vicariate Apostolic of Labrador |
Bibliography
[edit]- "Diocese of Baie-Comeau". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roman Catholic Diocese of Baie-Comeau.
- Diocese of Baie-Comeau site (in French)
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