Roman Catholic Diocese of Edmundston
Appearance
Diocese of Edmundston | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Population - Catholics | 49,400 (95.7%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 16 December 1944 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Claude Champagne, O.M.I. (2009- present) |
Map | |
Website | |
diocese-edmundston.ca/en/welcome.html |
The Diocese of Edmundston, (Latin: Dioecesis Edmundstonensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in New Brunswick, Canada. The diocese was erected 16 December 1944. The Diocese of Edmundston is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Moncton.
Bishops
[edit]Ordinaries
[edit]- Marie-Antoine Roy, O.F.M. (1945–1948)
- Joseph-Roméo Gagnon (1949–1970)
- Fernand Lacroix, C.I.M. (1970–1983)
- Gérard Dionne (1983–1993)
- François Thibodeau, C.I.M. (1993–2009) - Bishop Emeritus
- Claude Champagne, O.M.I. (2009–present)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
[edit]- Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario in 1964
External links and references
[edit]- Diocese of Edmundston official site
- "Diocese of Edmundston". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
Categories:
- Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Moncton
- Christian organizations established in 1944
- Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
- Organizations based in New Brunswick
- Edmundston
- Catholic Church in New Brunswick
- 1944 establishments in New Brunswick
- Roman Catholic bishops of Edmundston
- Canadian Roman Catholic diocese stubs