Roman Catholic Diocese of Baie-Comeau

Diocese of Baie-Comeau Dioecesis Sinus Comoënsis
Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Quebec
Population - Catholics	90,400 (91.9%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1986
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Jean-Pierre Blais
Website
Website

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

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

Year	Along with	To form
1945	Vicariate Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent Diocese of Harbour Grace	Vicariate Apostolic of Labrador

Bibliography

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

External links

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Diocese of Baie-Comeau site (in French)

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Coordinates: 49°11′23″N 68°15′48″W / 49.1896°N 68.2634°W / 49.1896; -68.2634

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