Diocese of Chicoutimi
Chicoutimien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Chicoutimi, Canada
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 May 1878
- Latin
- Chicoutimien(sis)
- Patron
- Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001001125
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 275,000
- Population
- 282,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 97.5%
- Priests
- 112
- Catholics per priest
- 2,455
- Extent
- 91,150 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.0
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
- René Guay
- Born
- 4 September 1950
- Birthplace
- Saint-Thomas-Didyme
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
Saint-François-Xavier Cathedral stands in Chicoutimi, 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 Québec
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Québec.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GaspéGaspé
- Diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-PocatièreSainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.