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About the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan
Erected as the Vicariate Apostolic of Athabasca Mackenzie on 8 April 1862 as a suffragan of
Edmonton. The Vicariate Apostolic of Athabasca was split off on 3 July 1901.
The name was changed to the Vicariate Apostolic of Grouard on 15 March 1927.
Elevated to the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan on 13 July 1967.
Date of incorporation as Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan: 2 May 1968.
- Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
- Elevated: 13 July 1967
- Metropolitan See
- Rite: Latin (or Roman)
- Province: Alberta
- Country: Canada
- Square Kilometers: 224,596 (86,750 Square Miles)
- Conference Region: West (Ouest)
- Roman Catholic Population: 47,503 (2006)
- Parishes and Missions: 66
Suffragan Dioceses:
Historical Details
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Vicariate Apostolic of Athabasca Mackenzie
- Erected: 8 April 1862
- Vicariate
- Province: Alberta
- Country:Canada
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Vicariate Apostolic of Athabasca
- Split:3 July 1901
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Edmonton
- Province: Alberta
- Country:Canada
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Vicariate Apostolic of Grouard
- Latin Name: Gruardensis
- Name Changed:15 March 1927
- Vicariate
- Province: Alberta
- Country: Canada
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Past and Present Ordinaries
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Henri Joseph Faraud, O.M.I. † (Appointed first Apostolic Vicar of Mackenzie River on
8 May 1862, resigned 20 March 1890, died 26 September 1890 in St. Boniface, Manitoba)
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Pierre-Emile-Jean-Baptiste-Marie Grouard, O.M.I. † (Appointed Apostolic Vicar of Athabasca-Mackenzie 18 October 1890, retired as first Apostolic Vicar of Grouard on 17 March 1929, died at Grouard, Alberta on 7 March 1931)
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Joseph-Wilfrid Guy, O.M.I. † (Appointed 2nd Apostolic Vicar of Grouard on 3 June 1930, appointed Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan on 2 Jun 1937, died 8 December 1951)
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Ubald Langlois, O.M.I. † (Appointed 3rd Apostolic Vicar of Grouard on 30 Mar 1938, died 18 September 1953)
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Henri Routhier, O.M.I. † (Appointed Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic 15 June 1945, appointed
4th
Vicar Apostolic of Grouard on 18 September 1953, appointed 1st Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan on 13 July 1967, resigned 21 November 1972, died in St. Albert, Alberta on
19 September 1989)
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Henri Légaré, O.M.I. † (Appointed 2nd Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan 21 November 1972, resigned 16 Jul 1996, died 19 July 2004 in Ottawa, Ontario)
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Henri Goudreault, O.M.I. † (Appointed 3rd Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan 16 July 1996, died 23 July 1998 in Edmonton, Alberta)
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Arthé Guimond (Appointed 4th Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan 9 June 2000, retired 30 November 2006)
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Gérard Pettipas, C.SS.R. (Appointed 5th Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan on 30 November 2006)
Other Affiliated Bishops
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Isidore Clut, O.M.I. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 August 1864 until the date of his death on 9 July 1903, at St. Bernard Mission, Grouard, Alberta)
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Célestin-Henri Joussard, O.M.I. †
(Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: 11 May 1909 to
17 March 1929, died in McLennan, Alberta on 19 September 1932)
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