Diocese of Amos
Diocese of Amos (Latin: Dioecesis Amosensis; French: Diocèse d'Amos) is a Latin Church Catholic diocese in part of Quebec, Canada. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Gatineau.
Established on December 3, 1938 by Pope Pius XI, the diocese’s first bishop was Joseph-Aldée Desmarais, named in 1939 by Pope Pius XII. The cathedral is Ste-Thérèse d’Avila, and the patron saint is Teresa of Avila.
Geography and people: The diocese covers about 329,540 square kilometers (127,237 square miles). It serves about 89,000 Catholics, roughly 79.7% of the local population, across 58 parishes. In 2012, there were 35 priests and 47 religious sisters for 91,600 Catholics.
Administration: The current bishop is Joseph Ferdinand Guy Boulanger. The metropolitan archbishop is Paul-André Durocher, with emeritus bishops Gilles Lemay and Eugène Tremblay. Website: diocese-amos.org.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 11:46 (CET).