 Pope Benedict appointed Bishop Valéry Vienneau as the Metropolitan Archbishop-elect of Moncton to succeed Archbishop Emeritus Richard; Archbishop-elect Vienneau until his appointment had been the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst, a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese based in the city of Bathurst, New Brunswick.As of 2004, the archdiocese contained 48 parishes, 44 active diocesan priests, 26 religious priests, and 108,000 Catholics.It also had 291 Women Religious, 47 Religious Brothers, and 1 permanent deacon.