Roman Catholic Diocese of Baie-Comeau

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.

History

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

• 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)
• 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)
• Roger Ébacher (1979 - 1988)
• Maurice Couture, R.S.V. (1988 - 1990)
• Joseph Paul Pierre Morissette (1990 - 2008)
• Jean-Pierre Blais (2008 - )

Territorial losses

Bibliography

• "Diocese of Baie-Comeau". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-11. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roman Catholic Diocese of Baie-Comeau.

• Diocese of Baie-Comeau site (in French)

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