GASPÉ. - City and diocese of Canada, capital of the district of the same name located on the northeastern side of lower Canada, between the St. Lawrence and Chaleur Bay. The diocese was erected by Pope Pius XI on 5 May 1922, with the apostolic constitution Praedecosorum nostrorum, by dismemberment from the diocese of St. Germanus of Rimouski, of which it is now a suffragan.
It is divided into 4 districts (Bonaventure, G.-South, G.-North and the Magdalen Islands). It extends over 10,000 sq km. It has a population of about 94,570 inhabitants, of whom 75,944 are French-speaking Catholics and 9,000 English-speaking.
It has 62 parishes, 14 missions, 75 churches and chapels served by 95 diocesan priests and 23 regulars, 1 seminary; 8 male religious communities and 15 female. The cathedral is dedicated to Christ the King.
Bibliography2 worksAAS, 14 (1922), pp. 484-86; Le Canada ecclésiastique, Montréal 1940, pp. 324-31.
Josi, Enrico. “Gaspé.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, coll. 1955–1956. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/gaspe.
MLA
Josi, Enrico. “Gaspé.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 1955–1956. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/gaspe.
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author = {Josi, Enrico},
title = {Gaspé},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {V},
pages = {1955--1956},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1950},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/gaspe}
}
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