Roman Catholic Diocese of Edmundston

Diocese of Edmundston
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)
Website
diocese-edmundston.ca/en/welcome.html

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Edmundston, (Latin: Dioecesis Edmundstonensis) (erected 16 December 1944) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Moncton in Edmundston, New Brunswick.

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) - Bishop Emeritus
François Thibodeau, C.I.M. (1993–2009) - Bishop Emeritus
Claude Champagne, O.M.I. (2009–present)

External links and references

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

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Coordinates: 47°21′46″N 68°19′56″W / 47.3629°N 68.3322°W / 47.3629; -68.3322

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