Diocese of Chicoutimi
Chicoutimien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Chicoutimi, Canada
The Diocese of Chicoutimi is a Latin Church diocese in the Saguenay region of Quebec, Canada, erected in 1878. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Québec, with its see at Saint-François-Xavier Cathedral.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 May 1878
- Latin
- Chicoutimien(sis)
- Patron
- Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001001125
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 275,000
- Population
- 282,000
- Catholic share
- 97.5%
- Priests
- 112
- Catholics per priest
- 2,455
- Extent
- 91,150 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.0
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- René Guay
- Born
- 4 September 1950
- Birthplace
- Saint-Thomas-Didyme
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Saint-François-Xavier Cathedral stands in Chicoutimi, 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.
The province of Québec
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Québec.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GaspéGaspé
- Diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-PocatièreSainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centred on the borough of Chicoutimi in the city of Saguenay, this Roman Catholic diocese in Quebec (Latin: Dioecesis Chicoutimiensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Quebec. Pope Francis appointed René Guay, a priest of Chicoutimi, as its new bishop on 18 November 2017.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].