Suffragan diocese Baie-Comeau, Canada
Diocese of Baie-Comeau
Sinus Comoën(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence in Quebec, tracing to the 1882 Prefecture Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent and established as the Diocese of Baie-Comeau in 1986. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rimouski and is led by Bishop Pierre Charland, O.F.M., appointed in 2025.
On the map
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- Established
- 1986
- Catholics
- 99,400
- Priests
- 23
- Territory
- 300,281 km²
Parishes and churches
56 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Saint-Jean-EudesAguanish · CathedralView parish
- Sainte-AmélieBaie-Comeau · CathedralView parish
- AguanishAguanishView parish
- Baie-Comeau – Secteur MarquetteBaie-ComeauView parish
- Baie-Comeau – Secteur MinganBaie-ComeauView parish
- Baie-Johan-BeetzBaie-Johan-BeetzView parish
- Baie-TrinitéBaie-TrinitéView parish
- Blanc-SablonBlanc-SablonView parish
- CheveryCheveryView parish
- Chute-aux-OutardesChute-aux-OutardesView parish
- Clarke CityClarke CityView parish
- ColombierColombierView parish
- FermontFermontView parish
- ForestvilleForestvilleView parish
- FranquelinFranquelinView parish
- GallixGallixView parish
- GodboutGodboutView parish
- Havre-Saint-PierreHavre-Saint-PierreView parish
- Ilets-CaribouIlets-CaribouView parish
- La Romaine – Marie-Reine-des-IndiensLa RomaineView parish
- La Romaine – Sacré-CoeurLa RomaineView parish
- La TabatièreLa TabatièreView parish
- LatourLatourView parish
- Les BergeronnesLes BergeronnesView parish
- Les BuissonsLes BuissonsView parish
- Les EscouminsLes EscouminsView parish
- Longue-Pointe-de-MinganLongue-Pointe-de-MinganView parish
- Longue-RiveLongue-RiveView parish
- Lourdes-de-Blanc-SablonLourdes-de-Blanc-SablonView parish
- Mani-UtenamMani-UtenamView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Pierre Charland
- Born
- 21 May 1949
- Birthplace
- Saint-Anselme
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
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The cathedral
St. John Eudes Cathedral stands in Baie-Comeau, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Based in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, this Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Canada (Latin: Dioecesis Sinus Comoënsis) traces its origins to 29 May 1882, when it was erected as the Prefecture Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rimouski.