Diocese of Gaspé
Gaspesien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Gaspé, Canada
The Diocese of Gaspé serves the Gaspé Peninsula in eastern Quebec, erected in 1922. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rimouski, with its see at the Cathédrale du Christ-Roi, one of the few wooden cathedrals in North America.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 May 1922
- Latin
- Gaspesien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001473
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 83,400
- Priests
- 34
- Catholics per priest
- 2,453
- Extent
- 20,637 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.0
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
- Bishop
- Gaétan Proulx
- Born
- 11 April 1962
- Birthplace
- Saint-Hyacinthe
- Institute
- SERVI DI MARIA
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathédrale du Christ-Roi stands in Gaspé, 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 Québec
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Rimouski.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ChicoutimiChicoutimi
- Diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-PocatièreSainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 5 May 1922, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaspé (Latin: Dioecesis Gaspesiensis) serves as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rimouski in Quebec, Canada.
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].