Roman Catholic Diocese of Baie-Comeau
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Baie-Comeau
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baie-Comeau (erected 29 May 1882, as the Prefecture Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rimouski. It was elevated as the Vicariate Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent on 12 September 1905 and as the Diocese of Golfe St-Laurent on 24 November 1945. Its name was changed to the Diocese of Hauterive in 1960 then to the Diocese of Baie-Comeau in 1986.
Ordinaries
*François-Xavier Bossé (1882 - 1892)
*Michel-Thomas Labrecque (1892 - 1903)
*Gustave Maria Blanche, C.I.M. (1905 - 1916)
*Patrice Alexandre Chiasson, C.I.M. (1917 - 1920)
*Julien-Marie Leventoux, C.I.M. (1922 - 1938)
*Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M. (1938 - 1956)
*Gérard Couturier (1956 - 1974)
*Jean-Guy Couture (1975 - 1979)
*Roger Ébacher (1979 - 1988)
*Maurice Couture, R.S.V. (1988 - 1990)
*Joseph Paul Pierre Morissette (1990 - )
Territorial losses
External links and References
* [http://www.diocese-bc.org/ Diocèse de Baie-Comeau: Bienvenue] "official site (in French)"
*cite web|title = Diocese of Baie-Comeau|work=Catholic-Hierarchy|url =http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbaie.html|accessdate=2007-03-11
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