The Diocese of Edmundston, (Latin: Dioecesis Edmundstonensis, French: Diocèse d'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.
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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
"Diocese of Edmundston". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-13.