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654:2007-03-15
448:Along with
367:Gloucester
337:, Canada.
247:Roman Rite
173:Population
160:Statistics
135:65°39′19″W
132:47°37′04″N
414:which is
408:Coadjutor
371:Madawaska
253:Cathedral
230:Sui iuris
624:Archived
451:To form
428:Bathurst
421:Caraquet
383:Victoria
351:Caraquet
331:Bathurst
205:Parishes
92:Location
485:Bishops
341:History
296:Website
280:Francis
187:105,000
115:Moncton
97:Country
512:C.I.M.
286:Bishop
233:church
200:92.4%)
102:Canada
329:, in
315:Latin
471:1944
456:1936
445:Year
387:Kent
309:The
276:Pope
243:Rite
165:Area
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