Roman Catholic Diocese of Hearst

The Diocese of Hearst (Latin: Dioecesis Hearstensis ) is a location in Canada Roman Catholic diocese based in Hearst.

History

The Diocese of Hearst was born on April 18, 1918 by Pope Benedict XV. out of territory of the Diocese of Haileybury built as Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Ontario. The Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Ontario was on 17 November 1920, Benedict XV. elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate. On 3 December 1938, the Apostolic Vicariate were parts of its territory from establishing the Apostolic Vicariate of James Bay. The Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Ontario was born on December 3, 1938 by Pope Pius XI. raised to the bishopric and renamed diocese Hearst. It was the Archdiocese of Ottawa is a suffragan.

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefect of Northern Ontario

  • Joseph -Jean -Baptiste Hallé, 1918-1920

Vicars Apostolic of Northern Ontario

  • Joseph -Jean -Baptiste Hallé, 1920-1938

Bishops of Hearst

  • Joseph -Jean -Baptiste Hallé, 1938-1939
  • Joseph Charbonneau, 1939-1940, then Koadjutorerzbischof of Montréal
  • Albini LeBlanc, 1940-1945, then Bishop of Gaspé
  • Georges- Léon Landry, 1946-1952
  • Louis Lévesque, 1952-1964, then Koadjutorerzbischof of Rimouski
  • Jacques Landriault, 1964-1971, then Bishop of Timmins
  • Roger Alfred Despatie, 1973-1993
  • Pierre Fisette PME, 1993-1995
  • André Vallée PME, 1996-2005
  • Vincent Cadieux, OMI, since 2007
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