List of Bishops native to Canada exercising or have exercised their ministry outside of Canada

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  • Most Rev. Rémi Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr., Bishop of Lilongwe (Malawi). Born in La Minerve, Quebec, in 1938. Ordained Bishop in 1998.
  • Most Rev. Christian Blouin, C.M.M., Bishop of Lae (Papua New Guinea). Born in Saint-Sébastien, Quebec, in 1941. Ordained Bishop in 2007.
  • Most Rev. Jean-Claude Bouchard, O.M.I., Bishop of Pala (Tchad). Born in Saint-Éloi-de-Rimouski, Quebec, in 1940. Ordained Bishop in 1977.
  • Most Rev. Paul Chomnycky, O.S.B.M., Ukrainian Eparchial Bishop of Stamford, Connecticut. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1954. Ordained Bishop in 2000.
  • Most Rev. Gilles Côté, S.M.M., Bishop of Daru-Kiunga (Papua New Guinea). Born in Vanier, Ontario, in 1945. Ordained Bishop in 1995.
  • Most Rev. Jean-Louis Giasson, P.M.E., Bishop of Yoro (Honduras). Born in l’Islet-sur-Mer, Quebec, in 1939. Ordained Bishop in 2005.
  • Most Rev. Michel Hrynchyshyn, C.Ss.R., Apostolic Exarch for the Byzantine Ukrainians in France. Born in Buchanan, Saskatchewan, in 1929. Ordained Bishop in 1982.
  • Most Rev. Jean-Louis Martin-Buisson, P.M.E., Apostolic Vicar of Pucallpa (Peru). Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, in 1934. Ordained Bishop in 1986. 
  • Most Rev. Guy Plante, P.M.E., Bishop of Choluteca (Honduras). Born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1936. Ordained Bishop in 2005.
  • Most Rev. Rémi Gustave Sainte-Marie, P.B., Bishop of Dedza (Malawi). Born in La Minerve, Quebec, in 1938. Ordained Bishop in 1998. 
  • Most Rev. Stephen Soroka, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ukrainian Catholics in Philadelphia (United States). Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1951. Ordained Bishop in 1996. 
  • Most Rev. Peter Stasiuk, C.Ss.R., Ukrainian Catholic Exarch for Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Australia and New Zealand). Born in Roblin, Manitoba, in 1943. Ordained Bishop in 1993.

Emeriti

  • Most Rev. Régis Belzile, O.F.M.Cap., Bishop Emeritus of Moundou (Chad). Born in Amqui, Quebec, in 1931. Ordained Bishop in 1974.
  • Most Rev. William Aquin Carew, Nuncio Emeritus in Japan. Born in St. John’s, Newfoundland, in 1922. Ordained Bishop in 1970.
  • Most Rev. Réal Corriveau, P.M.E., Bishop Emeritus of Choluteca (Honduras). Born in Buckland, Quebec, in 1930. Ordained Bishop in 1980.
  • Most Rev. Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M., Bishop Emeritus of Bereina (Papua New Guinea). Born in Eastview, Ontario, in 1929. Ordained Bishop in 1966. 
  • Most Rev. John Joseph Fitzpatrick, Bishop Emeritus of Brownsville, Texax (United States). Born in Trenton, Ontario, in 1918. Ordained Bishop in 1968. 
  • Most Rev. Robert Gay, Bishop Emeritus of Kabalé (Uganda). Born in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1927. Ordained Bishop in 1996.
  • Most Rev. Rodolphe Guibord-Lévesque, O.F.M., Apostolic Vicar Emeritus of Saint-Joseph de l’Amazone (Peru). Born in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1923. Ordained Bishop in 1967.
Last Updated on Tuesday, July 10 2007  
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