Diocese of Gaspé, Canada

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Gaspé / Gaspesien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Rimouski

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Christ-Roi (moveable)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 31 (1937)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1922.05.05: Established as Diocese of Gaspé / Gaspesien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Saint-Germain de Rimouski and became suffragan of Québec)
1946.02.09: Became suffragan of Rimouski
1946: Gained territory from Diocese of Charlottetown

Contact Info

Address: Évêché, C.P. 440, 172 rue Jacques Cartier, Gaspé, QC G4X 1M9, Canada

Phone: +1 (418) 368-2274

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.02.23 – ...):

Bishop Claude Lamoureux (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Gaspé (Roman Rite)

Bishop Claude Lamoureux (62)
(2023.02.23 – ...)

Bishop of Gaspé (Canada)

Poussé par ta seule miséricorde

Born:	1962.04.11 (Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1990.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.05.03

Priest of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada) (1990.06.09 – 2023.02.23)

Bishop of Gaspé (Canada) (2023.02.23 – ...)

Bishop Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M. (76)
(2016.07.02 – 2023.02.23)

Bishop emeritus of Gaspé (Canada)

Ma grâce te suffit

Born:	1947.05.27 (Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1976.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.02.25

Titular Bishop of Azura (2011.12.12 – 2016.07.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada) (2011.12.12 – 2016.07.02)

Bishop of Gaspé (Canada) (2016.07.02 – 2023.02.23)

Bishop Jean Gagnon
(2002.11.15 – 2016.07.02)

Fides et ratio

Born:	1941.05.21 (Saint-Joseph-de-Lauzon, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1966.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.03.19
Died:	2016.12.23 († 75)

Titular Bishop of Lamdia (1998.12.04 – 2002.11.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1998.12.04 – 2002.11.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Gaspé (Canada) (2001.07.21 – 2002.11.15)

Bishop of Gaspé (Canada) (2002.11.15 – 2016.07.02)

Bishop Jean Gagnon
(Apostolic Administrator 2001.07.21 – 2002.11.15)

Bishop Raymond Dumais
(1993.12.27 – 2001.07.21)

À la louange de sa gloire

Born:	1950.06.04 (Amqui, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1976.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.05.20
Died:	2012.10.19 (Rimouski, QC, Canada † 62)

Bishop of Gaspé (Canada) (1993.12.27 – 2001.07.21)

Bishop Bertrand Blanchet (91) (later Archbishop)
(1973.10.21 – 1992.10.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rimouski (Canada)

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Born:	1932.09.19 (Saint-Thomas-de-Montmagny, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1956.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.12.08

Priest of Chicoutimi (Canada) (1956.05.20 – 1973.10.21)

Bishop of Gaspé (Canada) (1973.10.21 – 1992.10.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rimouski (Canada) (1992.10.16 – 2008.07.03)

Bishop Gilles Joseph Napoléon Ouellet, P.M.E. (later Archbishop)
(1968.10.05 – 1973.04.27)

Born:	1922.08.14 (Bromptonville, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1946.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.11.23
Died:	2009.08.13 (Rimouski, QC, Canada † 86)

Superior General of Society of Foreign Missions (1958.02.19 – 1967.09.19)

Bishop of Gaspé (Canada) (1968.10.05 – 1973.04.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rimouski (Canada) (1973.04.27 – 1992.10.16)

President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (1977 – 1979)

Bishop Jean-Marie Fortier (later Archbishop)
(1965.01.19 – 1968.04.20)

Dei laudem per Jesum

Born:	1920.07.01 (Québec, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1944.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.01.23
Died:	2002.10.31 (Québec, QC, Canada † 82)

Titular Bishop of Pomaria (1960.11.15 – 1965.01.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada) (1960.11.15 – 1965.01.19)

Bishop of Gaspé (Canada) (1965.01.19 – 1968.04.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada) (1968.04.20 – 1996.07.01)

President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (1973 – 1975)

Archbishop Paul Bernier
(1957.09.09 – 1964.11.21)

Pacem et veritatem

Born:	1906.01.18 (Québec, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1928.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1952.09.12
Died:	1964.11.21 (Roma, Italy † 58)

Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica (1952.08.07 – 1955)

Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria (1952.08.07 – 1957.09.09)

Apostolic Nuncio to Panama (1952.08.07 – 1957.09.09)

Archbishop-Bishop of Gaspé (Canada) (1957.09.09 – 1964.11.21)

President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (1959 – 1960)

Bishop Albini LeBlanc
(1945.12.22 – 1957.05.17)

Ut fructum plus afferat

Born:	1894.05.01 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1921.05.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.02.11
Died:	1957.05.17 († 63)

Bishop of Hearst (Canada) (1940.12.14 – 1945.12.22)

Bishop of Gaspé (Canada) (1945.12.22 – 1957.05.17)

Bishop François-Xavier Ross
(1922.12.11 – 1945.07.05)

Per vias rectas

Born:	1869.03.06 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1894.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1923.05.01
Died:	1945.07.05 († 76)

Bishop of Gaspé (Canada) (1922.12.11 – 1945.07.05)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale du Christ-Roi, Gaspé, Québec

Churches by City (67)

Rimouski (↙), Bathurst (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 20,637 km²

Population: 77,000 Catholics (81.9% of 94,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 59 parishes

Personnel: 37 priests (36 diocesan, 1 religious), 6 deacons, 73 religious (2 brothers, 71 sisters), 2 seminarians