The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rouyn-Noranda ( la, Dioecesis Ruynensis-Norandensis) is a

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that includes part of the Province of

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. It was led by an Apostolic Administrator, Bishop Gilles Lemay (of the diocese of Amos, another suffragan in the eccleastical province of Gatineau), after the retirement of Bishop

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until the current bishop, Joseph Ferdinand Guy Boulanger, was installed on March 21, 2020. As of 2004, the diocese contains 38 parishes, 24 active diocesan priests, 9 religious priests, and 58,000 Catholics. It also has 84 women religious, and 10 religious brothers.

Bishops

Diocesan bishops

The following is a list of the bishops of Rouyn-Noranda and their terms of service: *

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(1973 – 2001) *

(30 November 2001 – 25 June 2019) *

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(31 January 2020 – present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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, appointed Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec in 2017

References

Diocese of Rouyn-Noranda page at catholichierarchy.org
retrieved July 14, 2006

External links

Roman Catholic Diocese of Rouyn-Noranda Official Site

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