Richard Gagnon

}} | offstyle = | relstyle = Archbishop | image = Coat of arms of Richard Joseph Gagnon.svg | image_size = 200px }} Richard Joseph Gagnon (born June 17, 1948) is a Canadian retired bishop of the Catholic Church. He is the Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, having served as its ordinary from 2014 until 2024. He was President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) from 2019 to 2021, and previously served as the Bishop of Victoria.

Gagnon was born in Alberta and relocated to Greater Vancouver as a child. There, he attended high school and university before studying for the priesthood at the Pontifical Beda College in Rome. He was ordained a priest in 1983 and served in the Archdiocese of Vancouver as an assistant pastor and parish priest for two decades. He became vicar general of the archdiocese in 2002 and was consecrated as a bishop two years later. Gagnon has been noted for his work toward reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in Victoria and Winnipeg. He is also noted for calling the first diocesan synod in the Archdiocese of Winnipeg. Provided by Wikipedia