Diocese of Baie-Comeau
Sinus Comoën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Baie-Comeau, Canada
Latin rite diocese on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence in Quebec, tracing to the 1882 Prefecture Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent and established as the Diocese of Baie-Comeau in 1986. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rimouski and is led by Bishop Pierre Charland, O.F.M., appointed in 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1986
- Latin
- Sinus Comoën(sis)
- Patron
- san Juan Eudes
- Annuario code
- 001000792
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 99,400
- Population
- 108,150
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 91.9%
- Priests
- 23
- Catholics per priest
- 4,322
- Extent
- 300,281 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.3
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
- Pierre Charland
- Born
- 21 May 1949
- Birthplace
- Saint-Anselme
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
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
St. John Eudes Cathedral stands in Baie-Comeau, 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 Rimouski
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Rimouski.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of RimouskiRimouski
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, this Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Canada (Latin: Dioecesis Sinus Comoënsis) traces its origins to 29 May 1882, when it was erected as the Prefecture Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rimouski.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.