Diocese of Gaspé
Gaspesien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Gaspé, Canada
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:
- Diocese of ChicoutimiChicoutimi
- Diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-PocatièreSainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière
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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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.