Roman Catholic Diocese of Edmundston

Diocese of Edmundston

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Coat of Arms
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, (Template:Lang-la) 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

Ordinaries

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

Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario in 1964

External links and references

Diocese of Edmundston official site
"Diocese of Edmundston". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-13.

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