Roman Catholic Diocese of Amos

The Diocese of Amos (French: Diocèse d'Amos, Latin: Dioecesis Amosensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church that covers part of the Province of Quebec. The diocese was erected by Pope Pius XI on December 3, 1938. Joseph-Aldée Desmarais was named its first bishop on June 20, 1939 by Pope Pius XII. It has a total area of 127,237 square miles (329,540 km²) and a total population of 115,000.^[1]

Diocese of Amos Dioecesis Amosensis Diocèse d'Amos
Coat of Arms
Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Gatineau
Statistics
Population	89,000 (79.7%)
Parishes	58
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	December 3, 1938
Cathedral	Cathédrale Ste-Thérese d'Avila
Patron saint	Teresa of Avila
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Joseph Ferdinand Guy Boulanger
Metropolitan Archbishop	Paul-André Durocher
Bishops emeritus	Gilles Lemay Eugène Tremblay
Map
Website
diocese-amos.org

The diocese was headed by Gilles Lemay, formerly an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Quebec, until his resignation on September 16, 2023, upon reaching the mandatory retirement age for bishops of 75.^[1] The Diocese of Amos is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Gatineau.

The diocese has 35 priests, 47 Religious Sisters,^[2] and 91,600 Catholics (2012).^[1]

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