François Thibodeau, C.I.M., (July 27, 1939 – June 26, 2023) was a Canadian Roman Catholic prelate and member of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (C.I.M.
He served as the fifth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Edmundston in New Brunswick from his appointment on October 20, 1993, by Pope John Paul II until his retirement in 2009.
He studied philosophy at the Sacré-Coeur Seminary in Charlesbourg, Quebec City, and Catholic theology at St. Jean-Eudes Scholasticate in Pointe-Gatineau.
[2] In 1971, Thibodeau was appointed Director of Social Affairs for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec, which he held from 1971 to 1986.
[1] Thibodeau was appointed the fifth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Edmundston on October 20, 1993, and consecrated on January 9, 1994, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Saint John, New Brunswick.