Émile Grouard
Who was the head of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Grouard–McLennan in Aug 1894?
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Grouard–McLennan The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Grouard–McLennan ( ) is a Latin archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Canada and the metropolitan see of an ecclesiastical province for the Roman Catholic Church in northwestern Canada . The archbishop is the Most Reverend Gérard Pettipas , C.Ss.R. . As archbishop , Pettipas also serves as pastor of the Cathedral of St . John the Baptist , the mother church and episcopal see of the archdiocese . Ecclesiastical province . The Metropolitan has two suffragans : - Roman Catholic Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith - Roman Catholic Diocese of Whitehorse . History . The Archdiocese of Grouard–McLennan was erected on April 8 , 1862 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Athabaska Mackenzie , on territory split off from the Diocese of Saint-Boniface . A month later on May 8 , 1862 , Henri Faraud , O.M.I . was appointed as Apostolic Vicar . Bishop Faraud served until March 20 , 1890 when he resigned . He was succeeded by Émile Grouard , O.M.I . who was appointed Apostolic Vicar on October 18 , 1890 . Bishop Faraud and later Bishop Grouard were assisted by Isidore Clut , O.M.I . who was appointed Auxiliary Bishop on August 3 , 1864 and who served until his death on July 9 , 1903 . On July 3 , 1901 , the territory of the Vicariate was split , remaining as the Apostolic Vicariate of Athabaska , which comprised what is today the northwestern area of the Province of Alberta , but losing the then Apostolic Vicariate of Mackenzie , which comprised what today is the Northwest Territories as well as northeastern area of the Province of Alberta . Bishop Grouard remained as the Apostolic Vicar of Athabaska and Gabriel Breynat , O.M.I . was appointed Apostolic Vicar of Mackenzie . A few years after the death of Bishop Clut , Celestin_Henri Joussard , O.M.I . was appointed Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar on May 11 , 1909 . On March 15 , 1927 , the name of the Vicariate was changed from the Apostolic Vicariate of Athabaska to the Apostolic Vicariate of Grouard . Bishop Joussard never ended up succeeding Bishop Grouard as Apostolic Vicar of Athabaska and both Bishop Grouard and Bishop Joussard retired on April 18 , 1929 . Following the retirement of Bishop Grouard , Joseph Guy , O.M.I . was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Grouard on December 19 , 1929 . Bishop Guy served until June 2 , 1937 when he was appointed the Bishop of Gravelbourg . The following year on March 30 , 1938 , Ubald Langlois , O.M.I . was appointed Apostolic Vicar of Grouard . On June 15 , 1945 , Henri Routhier , O.M.I . was appointed Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar . In 1946 Bishop Langlois transferred the seat of the Vicariate from Grouard to McLennan . The Town of Grouard , taking its name from Bishop Grouard when it was incorporated as a town on September 27 , 1909 , was a thriving community of approximately 1,200 people . This changed when the Edmonton , Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway built its new line south of Lesser Slave Lake instead of going through Grouard which was on the north shore of Lesser Slave Lake . The majority of Grouard’s population moved to High Prairie , the newly established town on the railway . Bishop Grouard had originally established a mission at the Lesser Slave Lake settlement , the original name of Grouard , under the patronage of Saint Bernard , in 1872 . Shortly after the Seat of the Vicariate was transferred to McLennan , work began on a new Cathedral dedicated to Saint John the Baptist . Bishop Langlois served as Apostolic Vicar of Grouard until his death on September 18 , 1953 . Upon Bishop Langlois death , Bishop Routhier immediately succeeded him as Apostolic Vicar of Grouard . On July 13 , 1967 , the Apostolic Vicariate of Grouard was elevated to the Archdiocese of Grouard–McLennan and made the Metropolitan See of northwestern Canada with the newly elevated Dioceses of Prince George , Mackenzie-Fort Smith and Whitehorse as suffragans , but the Diocese of Prince George was later transferred to the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia . On this date all the Apostolic Vicariates in northern Canada were elevated to dioceses . Archbishop Routhier served until his resignation on November 21 , 1972 , he was succeeded by Henri Légaré , O.M.I. , who had been Bishop of Labrador-Schefferville . Archbishop Légaré served until his retirement on July 16 , 1996 . On the same day Henri Goudreault , O.M.I. , who had also served as Bishop of Labrador City-Schefferville , was appointed to succeed him . Archbishop Goudreault died suddenly of a heart attack on July 23 , 1998 . The Archdiocese of Grouard–McLennan remained vacant until the appointment of Arthé Guimond , who had served as Archdiocesan Administrator , on June 9 , 2000 . Archbishop Guimond retired on November 30 , 2006 and Gérard Pettipas , C.Ss.R . was appointed to succeed him on the same day . Bishops . Episcopal ordinaries . - Apostolic Vicars of Athabaska Mackenzie - Henri Faraud , Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate ( O.M.I. ) ( 8 May 1862 – death 20 March 1890 ) , Titular Bishop of Anemurium ( 1863.05.16 – 1890.09.26 ) - Auxiliary Bishop Isidore Clut , O.M.I . ( 1864.08.03 – death 1903.07.09 ) , Titular Bishop of Arindela ( 1864.08.03 – 1903.07.09 ) - Émile Grouard , O.M.I . ( 18 October 1890 – 3 July 1901 see below ) , Titular Bishop of Ibora ( 18 October 1890 – 28 February 1930 ) . - Apostolic Vicar of Athabaska - Émile Grouard , O.M.I . ( see above 3 July 1901 – 15 March 1927 see below ) - Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Célestin-Henri Joussard , O.M.I . ( 1909.05.11 – retired 1929.04.18 ) , Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis ( 1909.05.11 – death 1932.09.20 ) . - Apostolic Vicars of Grouard - Émile Grouard , O.M.I . ( see above 15 March 1927 – retired 18 April 1929 ) , emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Ægina ( 1930.02.28 – death 1931.03.07 ) - Joseph Guy , O.M.I . ( 19 December 1929 – 2 June 1937 ) , Titular Bishop of Photice ( 1929.12.19 – 1937.06.02 ) ; later Bishop of Gravelbourg ( 1937.06.02 – retired 1942.11.07 ) , emeritate again as Titular Bishop of Photice ( 1942.11.07 – death 1951.12.08 ) - Ubald Langlois , O.M.I . ( 30 March 1938 – death 18 September 1953 ) , Titular Bishop of Risinium ( 1938.03.30 – 1953.09.18 ) - Henri Routhier , O.M.I . ( 18 September 1953 – see elevated 13 July 1967 see below ) , succeeding as previous Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Grouard ( 1945.06.15 – 1953.09.18 ) and Titular Bishop of Naissus ( 1945.06.15 – 1967.07.13 ) . - Metropolitan archbishops of Grouard–McLennan : - Henri Routhier , Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate ( O.M.I. ) ( see above 13 July 1967 – retired 21 November 1972 ) , died 1989 - Henri Légaré , O.M.I . ( 21 November 1972 – retired 16 July 1996 ) , also President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops ( 1981 – 1983 ) ; previously Bishop of Labrador–Schefferville ( Canada ) ( 1967.07.13 – 1972.11.21 ) ; died 2004 - Henri Goudreault , O.M.I . ( 16 July 1996 – death 23 July 1998 ) , previously Bishop of Labrador–Schefferville ( Canada ) ( 1987.04.27 – 1996.07.16 ) - Arthé Guimond ( 9 June 2000 – retired 30 November 2006 ) , died 2013 - Gérard Pettipas , Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer ( C.Ss.R. ) ( 30 November 2006 – ... ) . Coadjutor bishops . - Célestin-Henri Joussard , O.M.I . ( 1909-1929 ) , as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic ; did not succeed to see - Henri Routhier , O.M.I . ( 1945-1953 ) , as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Auxiliary bishop . - Isidore Clut , O.M.I . ( 1864-1890 ) Extent and statistics . Its ecclesiastic territory includes the northwest section of the Province of Alberta , the boundaries of which are , on the north the 60th parallel north , separating it from the Northwest Territories and the Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith . To the south the 55th parallel north , separating it from the Diocese of Saint Paul . On the east the 113th meridian west , separating it from the Diocese of Saint Paul ( to the 58th parallel north ) and the Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith ( to the 60th parallel north ) . To the west the 120th meridian west , separating it from the Province of British Columbia , and the Diocese of Prince George . As per 2014 , the archdiocese pastorally served 59,927 Catholics ( 37.7% of 159,081 total ) on 224,596 km² in 33 parishes with 26 priests ( 17 diocesan , 9 religious ) , 2 deacons , 20 lay religious ( 9 brothers , 11 sisters ) and 3 seminarians .