Current Announcements
Episcopal Appointment for the Diocese of Charlottetown
Sunday, April 02 2023
2 April 2023 – Ottawa – Today, His Holiness Pope Francis named the Most Reverend Joseph Dabrowski, C.S.M.A., as the fourteenth Bishop of Charlottetown. At the time of his appointment, Bishop Dabrowski was serving as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of London. He succeeds the Most Reverend Richard Grecco, who exercised pastoral responsibility for the Diocese of Charlottetown from 2009 until 2021. Following Bishop…
Death of The Most Reverend J. Edward Troy, Bishop Emeritus of Saint John
Thursday, March 16 2023
The Most Reverend J. Edward Troy, Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, died on Sunday, March 12, 2023, in his 93rd year. Bishop Troy was born on September 2, 1931 in Chatham, New Brunswick and grew up in Campbellton, NB. He studied St. Thomas University and then St. Francis Xavier University, where he graduated in 1951 with a B.A. (summa cum Laude). He then studied in Belgium…
Appointment of His Eminence Gérald Cyprien Cardinal Lacroix to the Renewed Council of Cardinals of the Holy See
Thursday, March 09 2023
In a press release published Tuesday, 7 March 2023, the Holy See announced that His Holiness Pope Francis has renewed the Council of Cardinals of the Holy See. His Eminence Gérald Cyprien Cardinal Lacroix, Archbishop of Québec and Primate of Canada, was appointed as one of the nine members of the renewed Council of Cardinals. The Council of Cardinals was established by Pope Francis in…
Episcopal Resignation and Appointment for the Diocese of Gaspé
Thursday, February 23 2023
23 February 2023 – Ottawa – Today, His Holiness Pope Francis appointed the Reverend Claude Lamoureux as the tenth Bishop of Gaspé. At the time of his appointment, Bishop-elect Lamoureux was the Vicar General and Moderator of the Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe. He succeeds Bishop Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M., whose resignation was accepted by Pope Francis. Bishop Proulx exercised pastoral responsibility for the Diocese of Gaspé since…