Roman Catholic Diocese of Edmundston

The Diocese of Edmundston, (Dioecesis Edmundstonensis) 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.

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