The Diocese of Amos (, ) is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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that covers part of the Province of

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. The diocese was erected by

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on December 3, 1938. Joseph-Aldée Desmarais was named its first bishop on June 20, 1939 by

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. It has a total area of and a total population of 115,000. The diocese was headed by Gilles Lemay, formerly an

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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

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in the

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of the metropolitan

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. The diocese has 35 priests, 47

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s, and 91,600 Catholics (2012).

Bishops

Diocesan bishops

* 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) * Joseph Ferdinand Guy Boulanger (2023 – present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Roger Ébacher, appointed Bishop of Hauterive, Québec in 1979 *

Marc Ouellet Marc Armand Ouellet (; born 8 June 1944) is a Canadian Catholic prelate who served as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America from 2010 to 2023. He is a member of the Sulpicians. Ouell ...

, appointed titular archbishop in 2001; later Cardinal Archbishop of Quebec

References

External links

Roman Catholic Diocese of Amos

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