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Diocese of Gaspé

Gaspesien(sis)

The Diocese of Gaspé serves the Gaspé Peninsula in eastern Quebec, erected in 1922. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rimouski, with its see at the Cathédrale du Christ-Roi, one of the few wooden cathedrals in North America.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
5 May 1922
Latin
Gaspesien(sis)
Patron
Christ-Roi
Annuario code
001001473

The see in figures

Catholics
83,400
Population
92,403
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
90.3%
Priests
34
Catholics per priest
2,453
Extent
20,637 km²
Catholics per km²
4.0

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop
Gaétan Proulx
Born
11 April 1962
Birthplace
Saint-Hyacinthe
Institute
SERVI DI MARIA

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathédrale du Christ-Roi stands in Gaspé, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Québec

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Rimouski.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Erected on 5 May 1922, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaspé (Latin: Dioecesis Gaspesiensis) serves as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rimouski in Quebec, Canada.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.