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Rev. Roch Martin is the new vicar general of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie.
The current pastor of St. Jean-de-Brebeuf in Sudbury begins his new position as Bishop Thomas Dowd’s deputy on Aug. 1, the diocese said in a release on Wednesday.
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The Sturgeon Falls native was ordained in 1995 and has served in parishes in the Sudbury area.
Msgr. Jean-Paul Jolicoeur previously held the vicar general’s role. He became diocesean administrator when Bishop Marcel Damphousse left the Sault diocese to become coadjutor archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall in 2020. Dowd was named Damphousse’s successor.