The Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee () is a

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ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the

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. The diocese was erected on 3 December 2018 through the unification of the Diocese of Hearst and the Diocese of Moosonee. The Diocese of Hearst evolved from the

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of Northern Ontario erected on 18 April 1919. The Diocese of Hearst–Moonosee is a

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in the

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of the

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Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall.

History

The territory that would form the diocese was elevated to an

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on 17 November 1920.

Ordinaries

* Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé (1918 - 1939) * Joseph Charbonneau (1939 - 1940), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Montréal, Québec * Albini LeBlanc (1940 - 1945), appointed Bishop of Gaspé, Québec * Georges-Léon Landry (1946 - 1952) * Louis Lévesque (1952 - 1964), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec *

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(1964 - 1971), appointed Bishop of Timmins, Ontario * Roger-Alfred Despatie (1973 - 1993) * Pierre Fisette, P.M.E. (1993 - 1995) *

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, P.M.E. (1996 - 2005) * Vincent Cadieux, O.M.I. (2007 - 2016) **He continued as Bishop of Moosonee, a position he had held since 1991. This appointment joined the two dioceses only through him, ''

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'', but did not create a single diocesan administration. * Robert Bourgon (2016 - 2020) *

Terrence Prendergast Terrence Thomas Prendergast (born 19 February 1944) is a Canadian member of the Society of Jesus who is also a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and the Archbishop Emeritus of Ottawa-Cornwall. He was formerly an auxiliary bishop of the A ...

, S.J. (2020 - 2022) as Apostolic Administrator * Pierre Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I. (2022 - present)

Territorial losses

References

External links

Official Site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roman Catholic Diocese Of Hearst Hearst