Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Amos, Diocese of

AMOS, DIOCESI DI

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Also known as: French: Diocèse d'Amos

AMOS, DIOCESE OF. - In the province of Québec (Canada), suffragan of Québec. Established as a parish in 1915 in Abitibi, a colonization territory in the north of the province of Québec, A. was elevated to a diocese on 3 Dec. 1938 and comprises the southern part of the diocese of Haileybury (Ontario), from which it was separated and which, after 10 Dec. 1938, bears the name of Timmins (Ontario). Catholics number 55,959, out of a total of 59,736 inhabitants; parishes 64, diocesan priests 98.

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BIBL.: AAS, 31 (1939), pp. 93-96, 265; P. Trudelle, L'Abitibi d'autrefois, d'hier et d'aujourd'hui, Amos 1938.

Corrado Morin

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 1110.

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Morin, Corrado. “Amos, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 1110. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/amos-diocesi-di.

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Morin, Corrado. “Amos, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 1110. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/amos-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec1_amos_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Morin, Corrado},
  title     = {Amos, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {1110},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/amos-diocesi-di}
}

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