The Diocese of Amos (french: Diocèse d'Amos, la, Dioecesis Amosensis) is a
Latin Church
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ecclesiastical territory or
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
of the
Catholic Church
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that covers part of the Province of
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
. The diocese was erected by
Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius XI ( it, Pio XI), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to his death in February 1939. He was the first sovereign of Vatican City fro ...
on December 3, 1938. Joseph-Aldée Desmarais was named its first bishop on June 20, 1939 by
Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII ( it, Pio XII), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (; 2 March 18769 October 1958), was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958. Before his e ...
. It has a total area of and a total population of 115,000.
The diocese has been headed by Gilles Lemay, formerly an auxiliary bishop of the
Archdiocese of Quebec
The Archdiocese of Québec ( la, Archidiœcesis Quebecensis; french: Archidiocèse de Québec) is a Catholic archdiocese in Quebec, Canada. Being the first see in the New World north of Mexico, the Archdiocese of Québec is also the primatial s ...
, since his installation on April 15, 2011. He replaced the retiring bishop, Eugène Tremblay, who had reached the mandatory retirement age for bishops of 75. The Diocese of Amos is a
suffragan diocese
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in the
ecclesiastical province
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of the
metropolitan
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* Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories
* Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England
* Metropolitan county, a typ ...
Religious Sister
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s, and 91,600 Catholics (2012).
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
Albert Sanschagrin, O.M.I. (August 5, 1911 – April 2, 2009) was Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, and the oldest Canadian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church at the time of his death.
Biography
He was ordained a priest in ...
(auxiliary bishop, 1957-1967)
*
Gaston Hains
Gaston is a masculine given name of French origin and a surname. The name "Gaston" may refer to:
People
First name
*Gaston I, Count of Foix (1287–1315)
*Gaston II, Count of Foix (1308–1343)
*Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331–1391)
*Gaston I ...
(coadjutor, 1967-1968) (1968-1978)
*
Gérard Drainville Gérard Drainville (May 20, 1930 – May 11, 2014) was a Roman Catholic bishop.
Drainville was born in 1930 on Ile Du Pas to Norbert Drainville and Angeline Farley. After graduating from Joliette Seminary, Drainville studied geology and bi ...
(1978-2004)
*
Eugène Tremblay
Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".Gilles Lemay (2011–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