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Diocese of Chicoutimi Dioecesis Chicoutimiensis


Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Québec
Statistics
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2016) 282,000 (est.) 275,000 (est.) (97.5%)
Parishes	65
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Saint-François-Xavier Cathedral
Secular priests	112 (diocesan) 21 (Religious Orders) 43 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	René Guay
Metropolitan Archbishop	Gérald Lacroix
Bishops emeritus	André Rivest
Website
evechedechicoutimi.qc.ca

The Diocese of Chicoutimi (Latin: Dioecesis Chicoutimiensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Quebec, centred on the borough of Chicoutimi in the city of Saguenay. It is part of the ecclesiastical province of Quebec.^[1]^[2]^[3]

On 18 November 2017, Pope Francis appointed René Guay, a priest of Chicoutimi, as the new bishop.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Bishops

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Dominique Racine (1878-1888)
Louis Nazaire Bégin (1888-1892), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Québec; future Cardinal
Michel-Thomas Labrecque (1892-1927)
Charles-Antonelli Lamarche (1928-1940)
Georges-Arthur Melançon (1940-1961)
Marius Paré (1961-1979)
Jean-Guy Couture (1979-2004)
André Rivest (2004-2017)
René Guay (2017–present)^[7]

Coadjutor bishop

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Marius Paré (1960-1961)

Auxiliary bishops

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Marius Paré (1956-1960), appointed Coadjutor here
Roch Pedneault (1974-2002)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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Bertrand Blanchet, appointed Bishop of Gaspé, Québec in 1973
Serge Patrick Poitras, appointed Bishop of Timmins, Ontario in 2012

References

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↑ Diocese of Chicoutimi - catholic-hierarchy.org
↑ Chicoutimi - Catholic Encyclopedia article
↑ Official Web site
↑ "Ordination of the new Bishop of Chicoutimi". The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB). Retrieved 25 March 2025.
↑ Bouffard, Dany. "Mgr René Guay – Nouvel évêque de Chicoutimi". Église catholique de Québec - ECDQ.tv. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
↑ David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy.org, Rene Guay; retrieved: 2017-11-19. ^{[self-published source]}
↑ "René Guay, nouvel évêque du diocèse de Chicoutimi". Radio-Canada. CBC. Retrieved 25 March 2025.

Huard, V.A. (1908). "Diocese of Chicoutimi" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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