Diocese of Edmundston

The Diocese of Edmundston, (, ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in New Brunswick, Canada. The diocese was erected 16 December 1944. The Diocese of Edmundston is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Moncton.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Marie-Antoine Roy, O.F.M. (1945–1948)
• Joseph-Roméo Gagnon (1949–1970)
• Fernand Lacroix, C.I.M. (1970–1983)
• Gérard Dionne (1983–1993)
• François Thibodeau, C.I.M. (1993–2009) - Bishop Emeritus
• Claude Champagne, O.M.I. (2009–present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario in 1964

External links and references

• Diocese of Edmundston official site