Diocese of Gaspé
Diocese of Gaspé | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Canada |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Rimouski |
Diocesan bishop | Gaétan Proulx OSM |
founding | 1922 |
surface | 20,637 km² |
Parishes | 61 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
Residents | 94,079 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics | 84,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
proportion of | 89.3% |
Diocesan priest | 42 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious priest | 4 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,826 |
Permanent deacons | 2 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Friars | 6 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious sisters | 113 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | French |
cathedral | Cathédrale du Christ-Roi |
address | Évêché C.P. 440 172 rue Jacques Cartier Gaspé, QC G4X 1M9 Canada |
Website | diocesegaspe.org |
The Diocese of Gaspé ( lat. : Dioecesis Gaspesiensis ) is in Canada situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Gaspé .
history
The diocese of Gaspé was on May 5, 1922 by Pope Pius XI. Erected from territory ceded by the Diocese of Rimouski . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Rimouski as a suffragan .
Bishops of Gaspé
- 1922–1945 François-Xavier Ross
- 1945–1957 Albini LeBlanc
- 1957–1964 Paul Bernier
- 1965–1968 Louis Fortier , then Archbishop of Sherbrooke
- 1968–1973 Gilles Ouellet PME , then Archbishop of Rimouski
- 1973–1992 Bertrand Blanchet , then Archbishop of Rimouski
- 1993-2001 Raymond Dumais
- 2002-2016 Jean Gagnon
- 2016– Gaétan Proulx OSM