Diocese of Amos
Amosen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Amos, Canada
Latin rite diocese in western and northern Quebec, erected on 3 December 1938. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Gatineau and has been sede vacante since the transfer of Bishop Guy Boulanger in 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 December 1938
- Latin
- Amosen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Teresa of Avila
- Annuario code
- 001000678
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 91,600
- Priests
- 18
- Catholics per priest
- 5,089
- Extent
- 127,237 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.7
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Teresa of Avila stands in Amos, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Gatineau
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Gatineau.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of GatineauGatineau
- Diocese of Rouyn-NorandaRouyn-Noranda
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Pope Pius XI erected the Diocese of Amos (French: Diocèse d'Amos, Latin: Dioecesis Amosensis) on December 3, 1938, as a Latin Church diocese covering part of the Province of Quebec. Its first bishop, Joseph-Aldée Desmarais, was named by Pope Pius XII on June 20, 1939. The diocese spans a total area of 127,237 square miles (329,540 km2) and counts a total population of 115,000.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].