Pastoral Nomination – November 3, 2023
Chancery Office, Pembroke November 3, 2023 Prior to his installation in Moncton, Archbishop Desrochers granted permission for Deacon Christopher Barrett to exercise diaconal ministry in the Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall. Deacon Chris has been assigned by Archbishop Marcel Damphousse to assist at Holy Cross Parish in Ottawa effective November 2, 2023.
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Diocesan Administrator Subsequent to the installation of the Most Reverend Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R. as Archbishop of Moncton this past October 18, 2023, the College of Consultors of the Diocese of Pembroke on October 19, 2023 elected Reverend George Ryan Holly as Diocesan Administrator of Pembroke, as required by Canon Law
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Pastoral Appointments – October 7, 2023
Chancery Office, Pembroke October 7, 2023 The Most Reverend Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R., announces the following pastoral assignments: Reverend Kenneth O’Brien concludes his pastorship of St. James, Eganville, Our Lady of Nativity, Pikwàkanagàn, and St. Ann’s, Cormac and retires from parish ministry, effective November 7, 2023. We express gratitude to Father
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Chancery Office, Pembroke September 18, 2023 The Most Reverend Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R. announces the following pastoral appointment: Reverend Stephen Helferty is assigned to spend a year of discernment for the possibility of religious life. Father Helferty does this as a priest in good standing with the Diocese of Pembroke and
Continue readingPastoral Appointments – July 23, 2023
Chancery Office, Pembroke July 23, 2023 The Most Reverend Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R. announces the following pastoral appointments: Reverend Tim Moyle, while remaining pastor of Saint Anne Parish, Mattawa, becomes administrator of Paroisse Saint-Thomas-d’Aquin, Astorville, Paroisse Sainte-Bernadette, Bonfield and Sacred Heart Parish, Corbeil. Reverend Réal Ouellette resigns as administrator of Astorville,
Continue readingAppointment of Archbishop-designate Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R. as Archbishop of Monction, New Brunswick
Saturday, July 8, 2023 His Holiness Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Most Reverend Valéry Vienneau as Archbishop of Moncton and has appointed Most Reverend Guy Desrochers, currently Bishop of Pembroke, as his successor. Bishop Desrochers was born on 23 May 1956 in Hull, Gatineau, Quebec. After studying
Continue readingDeath of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI – 1927-2022
Dear faithful of the Diocese of Pembroke, it is with both sadness and gratitude that we join all Christians and non-Christians around the world in marking the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI this Saturday, December 31, 2022, at 09:34 a.m. (Rome local time) in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery at
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