Diocese of Chicoutimi Dioecesis Chicoutimiensis  | |
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| Location | |
| Country | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Quebec | 
| Statistics | |
| Population - Total - Catholics  | (as of 2016) 282,000 (est.) 275,000 (est.) (97.5%)  | 
| Parishes | 65 | 
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic | 
| Rite | Roman Rite | 
| Cathedral | Saint-François-Xavier Cathedral | 
| Secular priests | 112 (diocesan) 21 (Religious Orders) 43 Permanent Deacons  | 
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis | 
| Bishop | René Guey | 
| Bishops emeritus | André Rivest | 
| Website | |
| evechedechicoutimi.qc.ca | |
The Diocese of Chicoutimi (Latin: Dioecesis Chicoutimiensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Quebec, centred on the borough of Chicoutimi in the city of Saguenay. It is part of the ecclesiastical province of Quebec.[1][2][3]
On 18 November 2017, Pope Francis appointed René Guay, a priest of Chicoutimi, as the new bishop.[4]
Bishops
- Dominique Racine (1878-1888)
 - Louis Nazaire Bégin (1888-1892), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Québec; future Cardinal
 - Michel-Thomas Labrecque (1892-1927)
 - Charles-Antonelli Lamarche (1928-1940)
 - Georges-Arthur Melançon (1940-1961)
 - Marius Paré (1961-1979)
 - Jean-Guy Couture (1979-2004)
 - André Rivest (2004-2017)
 - René Guay (2017- )
 
Coadjutor bishop
- Marius Paré (1960-1961)
 
Auxiliary bishops
- Marius Paré (1956-1960), appointed Coadjutor here
 - Roch Pedneault (1974-2002)
 
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Bertrand Blanchet, appointed Bishop of Gaspé, Québec in 1973
 - Serge Patrick Poitras, appointed Bishop of Timmins, Ontario in 2012
 
References
- ↑ Diocese of Chicoutimi - catholic-hierarchy.org
 - ↑ Chicoutimi - Catholic Encyclopedia article
 - ↑ Official Web site
 - ↑ David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy.org, Rene Guay; retrieved: 2017-11-19.
 
- Huard, V.A. (1908). . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
 
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