Diocese of Baie-Comeau, Canada

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Eudes, Baie-Comeau, Québec
Former Cathedral: Église Sainte-Amélie, Baie-Comeau, Québec
Former Cathedral (now ruined): Ancienne Cathédrale du Cœur-Immaculé de Marie, Schefferville, Québec

Churches by City (59)

Chicoutimi (↙), Amos (←), Corner Brook and Labrador (→), Rimouski (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2008.12.12 – ...):

Bishop Jean-Pierre Blais (74)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Baie-Comeau (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean-Pierre Blais (74)
(2008.12.12 – ...)

Bishop of Baie-Comeau (Canada)

Vivre de Jésus et pour lui

Born:	1949.05.21 (Saint-Anselme, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1974.05.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.01.06

Titular Bishop of Knin (1994.11.03 – 2008.12.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1994.11.03 – 2008.12.12)

Bishop of Baie-Comeau (Canada) (2008.12.12 – ...)

Bishop Pierre Joseph Paul Morissette (78)
(1990.03.17 – 2008.07.03)

Bishop emeritus of Saint-Jérôme (Canada)

Avec l’Évangile du Christ

Born:	1944.11.22 (Thetford-Mines, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1968.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.06.12

Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta (1987.02.27 – 1990.03.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1987.02.27 – 1990.03.17)

Bishop of Baie-Comeau (Canada) (1990.03.17 – 2008.07.03)

Vice-President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2007.10 – 2009.10.23)

Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Canada) (2008.07.03 – 2019.05.21)

President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2009.10.23 – 2011.10.18)

Bishop Maurice Couture, R.S.V. (later Archbishop)
(1988.12.01 – 1990.03.17)

La charité espère tout

Born:	1926.11.03 (Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1951.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.10.22
Died:	2018.01.19 (Québec, QC, Canada † 91)

Titular Bishop of Talaptula (1982.07.17 – 1988.12.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1982.07.17 – 1988.12.01)

Bishop of Baie-Comeau (Canada) (1988.12.01 – 1990.03.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1990.03.17 – 2002.11.15)

Bishop Roger Ébacher (86) (later Archbishop)
(1986.07.14 – 1988.03.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gatineau (Canada)

Par lui, en Église, pour le monde

Born:	1936.10.06 (Amos, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1961.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.07.31

Bishop of Hauterive (Canada) (1979.06.30 – 1986.07.14)

Bishop of Baie-Comeau (Canada) (1986.07.14 – 1988.03.30)

Bishop of Gatineau–Hull (Canada) (1988.03.30 – 1990.10.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gatineau–Hull (Canada) (1990.10.31 – 2005.10.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gatineau (Canada) (2005.10.28 – 2011.10.12)

Bishops of Hauterive (Roman Rite)

Bishop Roger Ébacher (86) (later Archbishop)
(1979.06.30 – 1986.07.14)

(see above)

Bishop Jean-Guy Couture
(1975.06.21 – 1979.04.05)

Charité, joie, paix

Born:	1929.05.06 (Saint-Jean-Baptiste, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1953.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.08.15
Died:	2022.01.02 (Saguenay, QC, Canada † 92)

Bishop of Hauterive (Canada) (1975.06.21 – 1979.04.05)

Bishop of Chicoutimi (Canada) (1979.04.05 – 2004.06.19)

Bishop Laurent Noël
(Apostolic Administrator 1974.09.07 – 1975.06.21)

Bishop Gérard Couturier
(1960.02.29 – 1974.09.07)

Dans l’intimité du Père

Born:	1913.01.12 (Saint-Louis-du-Ha-Ha, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1938.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.02.28
Died:	1999.02.02 († 86)

Bishop of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada) (1956.12.27 – 1960.02.29)

Bishop of Hauterive (Canada) (1960.02.29 – 1974.09.07)

Bishops of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gérard Couturier
(1956.12.27 – 1960.02.29)

(see above)

Bishop Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M.
(1945.11.24 – 1956.12.07)

In mansuetudine firmitas

Born:	1893.08.05 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1922.04.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.07.17
Died:	1973.05.16 († 79)

Vicar Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada) (1938.03.30 – 1945.11.24)

Titular Bishop of Limata (1938.03.30 – 1945.12.22)

Bishop of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada) (1945.11.24 – 1956.12.07)

Titular Bishop of Hilta (1956.12.07 – 1970.11.23)

Vicars Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Roman Rite)

Bishop Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M.
(1938.03.30 – 1945.11.24)

(see above)

Bishop Julien-Marie Leventoux, C.I.M.
(1922.03.28 – 1938.01)

Spes in quibus

Born:	1868.11.08 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1892.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1922.06.11
Died:	1946.09.03 († 77)

Vicar Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada) (1922.03.28 – 1938.01)

Titular Bishop of Legia (1922.03.28 – 1946.09.03)

Bishop Patrice-Alexandre Chiasson, C.I.M.
(1917.07.27 – 1920.09.09)

Tuus sum ego

Born:	1867.11.26 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1898.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1917.10.18
Died:	1942.01.31 († 74)

Titular Bishop of Lydda (1917.07.27 – 1920.09.09)

Vicar Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada) (1917.07.27 – 1920.09.09)

Bishop of Chatham (Canada) (1920.09.09 – 1938.03.13)

Bishop of Bathurst (Canada) (1938.03.13 – 1942.01.31)

Bishop Gustave-Maria Blanche, C.I.M.
(1905.09.12 – 1916.07.26)

Spes cum fiducia

Born:	1849.04.30 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1878.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1905.10.28
Died:	1916.07.26 († 67)

Prefect Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada) (1903 – 1905.09.12)

Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria (1905.09.12 – 1916.07.26)

Vicar Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada) (1905.09.12 – 1916.07.26)

Prefects Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Roman Rite)

Fr. Gustave-Maria Blanche, C.I.M. (later Bishop)
(1903 – 1905.09.12)

(see above)

Bishop Michel-Thomas Labrecque
(1892 – 1903)

Impendam superimpendar

Born:	1849.12.30 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1876.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1892.05.22
Died:	1932.06.03 († 82)

Prefect Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada) (1892 – 1903)

Bishop of Chicoutimi (Canada) (1892.04.08 – 1927.11.11)

Titular Bishop of Helenopolis (1927.11.11 – 1932.06.03)

Fr. François-Xavier Bossé
(1882 – 1892)

Born:	1838 (Canada)
Died:	1912 († 74)

Prefect Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada) (1882 – 1892)

Contact Info

Address: Évêché, 639 rue de Bretagne, Baie-Comeau, QC G5C 1X2, Canada

Phone: +1 (418) 589-5744

Website:

Statistics

Area: 300,281 km²

Population: 88,261 Catholics (95.4% of 92,511 total) (2020)

Statistics: 55 parishes, 1 mission, 27 priests (20 diocesan, 7 religious), 7 deacons, 19 lay religious (7 brothers, 12 sisters) (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint John Eudes (August 19)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 19 (1985)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1882.05.29: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Golfe Saint-Laurent / Sinus Sancti Laurentii (Latin) (from Diocese of Saint-Germain de Rimouski and became suffragan of Québec)
1905.09.12: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Golfe Saint-Laurent / Sinus Sancti Laurentii (Latin)
1945.07.13: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Labrador
1945.11.24: Promoted as Diocese of Golfe Saint-Laurent / Sinus Sancti Laurentii (Latin) (gained territory from Diocese of Chicoutimi)
1946.02.09: Became suffragan of Rimouski
1960.02.29: Renamed as Diocese of Hauterive / Altaripen(sis) (Latin)
1986.07.14: Renamed as Diocese of Baie-Comeau / Sinus Comoën(sis) (Latin)
2007.05.31: Gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Labrador City–Schefferville