Bishop René Guay

Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Motto: Annoncer La Bonne Nouvelle Aux Pauvres

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Sep 1950		Born
13 Jul 1975	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
18 Nov 2017	67.2	Appointed	Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
2 Feb 2018	67.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

MicroData Summary
René Guay
Bishop René Guay
(born 4 Sep 1950)
Bishop of Chicoutimi

Event Place
Birth Place Saint-Thomas-Didyme, Diocese of Chicoutimi, Québec
Ordained Priest Church, Saint-Thomas-Didyme, Diocese of Chicoutimi, Québec
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Chicoutimi, Diocese of Chicoutimi, Québec

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Chicoutimi.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Gérald Cyprien Cardinal Lacroix, I.S.P.X.
Archbishop of Québec
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop André Rivest
Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec
Bishop Robert Harris
Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Gérald Cyprien Cardinal Lacroix, I.S.P.X. (2009)
Archbishop of Québec
Marc Armand Cardinal Ouellet, P.S.S. (2001)
Archbishop of Québec
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Juan Carlos Londoño (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Martin Laliberté, P.M.E. (2019)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q43285409

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 18 Nov 2017
ob/c23: CB, 24 Nov 2017
ob: CB, 28 Nov 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 235, Number 19,668

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