Gérard Dionne

infobox bishopbiog
name = Gérard Dionne


religion=Roman Catholic Church
See = Diocese of Edmundston
Title = Bishop of the Edmundston Diocese
Period = 1983 - 1993
ordination = May 1 1948
Predecessor = Fernand Lacroix
Successor = François Thibodeau
bishops = Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario
post = Bishop | date of birth = birth date and age|1919|6|19
place of birth = Saint=Basille, Canada

Gérard Dionne (born June 19, 1919) is a Canadian Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. One of Oldest Roman Catholic Bishops of Canada.

Dionne was born in Saint-Basile, New Brunswick, and was ordained a priest in Edmundston, New Brunswick on May 1, 1948. He was appointed Auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario as well as Titular bishop of Garba on January 29, 1975 and ordained a Bishop on April 8, 1975. On November 26, 1983 he was appointed bishop of the Edmundston Diocese (installed on January 29, 1984) where he would remain until his Resignation on October 20, 1993.

ee Also

*List of oldest Catholic bishops
*Edmundston Diocese
*Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario

External Links

* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdionne.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
* [http://www.diocese-edmundston.ca/ Edmundston diocese]
* [http://www.diocesessm.org/ Sault Sainte-Marie, Ontario Diocese]