The Roman Catholic Diocese of Amos is a Roman Catholic diocese

Diocese

A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...

 that includes part of the Province of Quebec

Quebec

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. It is currently led by Bishop-elect Gilles Lemay, formerly an Auxiliary Bishop (assistant bishop) of the Archdiocese of Quebec, since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI

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 on Tuesday, February 22, 2011, to replace the retiring former Bishop Tremblay, who had reached the normal retirement age for bishops of 75.

The diocese has 35 priests, 96 religious, and 88,875 Catholics. It has a total area of 127237 square miles (329,542.3 km²) and a total population of 111,220.

Residential bishops

The following is a list of the bishops of Amos and their terms of service:

• Joseph Louis Aldée Desmarais (1939-1968)
• Albert Sanschagrin
  Albert Sanschagrin
  Albert Sanschagrin, O.M.I. was the oldest Canadian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec....
  
   {auxiliary bishop} (1957-1967)
• Gaston Hains (1967-1978)
• Gérard Drainville (1978-2004)
• Eugène Tremblay (2004-2011)
• Gilles Lemay (2011-present)