Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaspé

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Population - Catholics 83,400 (89.3%) Rite Roman Rite Pope Francis Country Canada		Denomination Roman Catholic Established 5 May 1922 Area 20,637 km² Ecclesiastical province Québec

Cathedral Cathedrale du Christ-Roi

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaspé (Latin: Dioecesis Gaspesiensis) (erected 5 May 1922) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rimouski.

Ordinaries

François-Xavier Ross (1922 – 1945)

Albini LeBlanc (1945 – 1957)

Paul Bernier (1957 – 1964)

Jean-Marie Fortier (1965 – 1968)

Joseph Gilles Napoléon Ouellet, P.M.E. (1968 – 1973)

Bertrand Blanchet (1973 – 1992)

Raymond Dumais (1993 – 2001) Bishop Emeritus

Jean Gagnon (2002 – 2016)

Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M. (2016–)

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