Roman Catholic Diocese of Amos explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Amos
Latin:Dioecesis Amosensis
Local:Diocèse d'Amos
Coat:File:Diocese_of_Amos.jpg
Coat Size:200px
Coat Caption:Coat of Arms
Country: Canada
Province:Gatineau
Catholics:89,000
Catholics Percent:79.7
Parishes:58
Denomination:Catholic
Sui Iuris Church:Latin Church
Rite:Roman Rite
Established:December 3, 1938
Cathedral:Cathédrale Ste-Thérese d'Avila
Patron:Teresa of Avila
Bishop:Joseph Ferdinand Guy Boulanger
Metro Archbishop:Paul-André Durocher
Emeritus Bishops:Gilles Lemay
Eugène Tremblay
Map:Bistum Amos.svg

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 127237sqmi and a total population of 115,000.[1]

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. 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).

Bishops

Diocesan bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diocese of Amos . Catholic Hierarchy. June 19, 2022.
  2. Web site: Communautés et Instituts de femmes. Diocèse d'Amos. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150813214210/http://diocese-amos.org/commreli.html. August 13, 2015 . fr.