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Suffragan diocese Chicoutimi, Canada

Diocese of Chicoutimi

Chicoutimien(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Saint-François-Xavier Cathedral, in Chicoutimi, Canada.

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Established
1878
Catholics
275,000
Priests
112
Territory
91,150 km²

Parishes and churches

66 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
René Guay
Born
4 September 1950
Birthplace
Saint-Thomas-Didyme

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The cathedral

Saint-François-Xavier Cathedral stands in Chicoutimi, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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.

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