Roman Catholic Diocese of Amos

Diocese of Amos
Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Quebec
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Bishop	Gilles Lemay
Metropolitan Archbishop	Gerald Cyprien Lacroix, ISPX
Website
catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/damos.html

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Amos (Latin: Dioecesis Amosensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese that includes part of the Province of Quebec. It is currently led by Bishop-elect Gilles Lemay, formerly an Auxiliary Bishop (assistant bishop) of the Archdiocese of Quebec, since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, February 22, 2011, to replace the retiring former Bishop Tremblay, who had reached the normal retirement age for bishops of 75.

The diocese has 35 priests, 96 religious, and 88,875 Catholics. It has a total area of 127,237 square miles (329,540 km²) and a total population of 111,220.

Residential bishops

The following is a list of the bishops of Amos and their terms of service:

• Joseph Louis Aldée Desmarais (1939-1968)
• Albert Sanschagrin {auxiliary bishop} (1957-1967)
• Gaston Hains (1967-1978)
• Gérard Drainville (1978-2004)
• Eugène Tremblay (2004-2011)
• Gilles Lemay (2011-present)

References

• Diocese of Amos page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 14, 2006