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Diocese of Chicoutimi Dioecesis Chicoutimiensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
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]
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