Roman Catholic Diocese of Amos

The Diocese of Amos (French: Diocèse d'Amos, Latin: Dioecesis Amosensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church that covers part of the Province of Quebec. The diocese was erected by Pope Pius XI on December 3, 1938. Joseph-Aldée Desmarais was named its first bishop on June 20, 1939 by Pope Pius XII. It has a total area of 127,237 square miles (329,540 km2) and a total population of 115,000.[1]

Diocese of Amos

Dioecesis Amosensis

Diocèse d'Amos
Coat of Arms
Location
Country Canada
Ecclesiastical provinceGatineau
Statistics
Population
- Catholics
89,000 (79.7%)
Parishes58
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedDecember 3, 1938
CathedralCathédrale Ste-Thérese d'Avila
Patron saintTeresa of Avila
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJoseph Ferdinand Guy Boulanger
Metropolitan ArchbishopPaul-André Durocher
Bishops emeritusGilles Lemay
Eugène Tremblay
Map
Website
diocese-amos.org

The diocese was headed by Gilles Lemay, formerly an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Quebec, until his resignation on September 16, 2023, upon reaching the mandatory retirement age for bishops of 75.[1] The Diocese of Amos is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Gatineau.

The diocese has 35 priests, 47 Religious Sisters,[2] and 91,600 Catholics (2012).[1]

Bishops

Diocesan bishops

The following is a list of the Bishops of Amos and their terms of service:

  • Joseph-Aldée Desmarais (1939-1968)
  • Albert Sanschagrin (auxiliary bishop, 1957-1967)
  • Gaston Hains (coadjutor, 1967-1968) (1968-1978)
  • Gérard Drainville (1978-2004)
  • Eugène Tremblay (2004-2011)
  • Gilles Lemay (2011–2023)
  • Guy Boulanger (2023–present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
  • Roger Ébacher, appointed Bishop of Hauterive, Québec in 1979
  • Marc Ouellet, appointed titular archbishop in 2001; later Cardinal Archbishop of Quebec

References
  1. "Diocese of Amos". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  2. "Communautés et Instituts de femmes". Diocèse d'Amos (in French). Archived from the original on August 13, 2015.

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