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Diocese of Gaspé

Dioecesis Gaspesiensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Claude Lamoureux, Bishop
  • Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M., Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 5 May 1922
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Rimouski
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Province: Québec
  • Country: Canada
  • Square Kilometers: 20,637 (7,971 Square Miles)
  • Description: Gaspé Peninsula, from Cap-Chat in the north to Restigouche in the south along with Îles-de-la-Madeleine
  • Conference Region: Quebec
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: G
  • Official Web Site: https://diocesegaspe.org
  • Mailing Address: Eveche, 172 rue Jacques Cartier, Gaspé, QC G4X 1M9, Canada
  • Telephone: (418)368-2274
  • Fax: 368-3772

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
5 May 1922ErectedDiocese of Rimouski (St. Germain of) (Gaspé and Bonaventure (except Assemetquagan, Restigouche, Milnikek, Matapédia, and Patapedia)) Diocese of Gaspé (erected)
9 February 1946Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Golfe St-Laurent (from Québec)
Diocese of Gaspé (from Québec)
Vicariate Apostolic of Labrador (from Québec)
20 July 1946Territory AddedDiocese of Charlottetown (Magdalen Islands) Diocese of Gaspé

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195085,75693,58891.6%98261246917138562ap1951
1965100,246108,47592.4%128141427055457968ap1967
197096,836106,73590.7%111211327335250164ap1971
1976100,531110,53191.0%106201267973435263ap1977
1980104,167114,16791.2%992011987513230863ap1981
199098,264103,00695.4%78219999212821263ap1991
199991,70094,74096.8%5510651,41031517561ap2000
200091,98093,24398.6%5410641,43731518361ap2001
200187,04288,48398.4%526581,50031016561ap2002
200285,87587,02198.7%536591,45531016261ap2003
200386,17187,00099.0%475521,6573915561ap2004
200484,67196,92487.4%483511,6604315561ap2005
200683,42993,44989.3%435481,7384515061ap2007
201384,00094,07989.3%424461,8262611361ap2014
201685,80096,10089.3%413441,9504410660ap2017
201974,65490,70982.3%403431,736738164ap2020
202176,76093,32082.3%392411,872628063ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 14, Page 484, to Page 486
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 38, Page 343, to Page 345

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