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Gilles Côté (bishop)

Canadian Catholic bishop in Papua New Guinea

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ1524466 ↗
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Gilles Côté (born 24 November 1945 in Vanier, Ottawa) is a Canadian clergyman and prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the bishop for the Diocese of Daru-Kiunga. He was appointed bishop in 1999. He retired in 2021.

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“Gilles Côté (bishop)” enters the record as canadian Catholic bishop in Papua New Guinea. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Gilles, Côté and bishop can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1945, 1999, 2021—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1945-11-24. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Gilles, Côté and bishop.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1524466. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1945, 1999 and 2021.

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This entry incorporates text from “Gilles Côté (bishop)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.