Amédée Wilfrid Proulx was an American Bishop of the Catholic Church.
Background
Proulx, Amedee Wilfrid was born on August 31, 1932 in Sanford, Maine, son Francis Adelard and RoseAnna (Sevigny) Graduate Bachelor of Arts Saint Hyacinthe Seminary, Quebec, Licentiate of Sacred Theology, Saint Paul U. Seminary, Ottawa, Juris Canonici Licentiatus, Catholic University, Washington. Ordained priest Roman Catholic Church, 1958.
Education
Graduate, St. Hyacinthe Seminary, Quebec. Bachelor, St. Hyacinthe Seminary, Quebec. Licentiate of Sacred Theology, St. Paul University Seminary, Ottawa.
Juris Canonici Licentiatus, Catholic University, Washington.
Career
He served as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Portland in the state of Maine from 1975-1993. Born in Sanford, Maine, Amédée Proulx was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Portland on May 31, 1958. On September 16, 1975 Pope Paul VI appointed him as the Titular Bishop of Clypia and Auxiliary Bishop of Portland.
He was ordained a bishop by Bishop Edward O"Leary on November 12, 1975.
The principal co-consecrators were Bishops Timothy Harrington of Worcester and Odore Gendron of Manchester. He continued to serve as an auxiliary bishop until his death on November 22, 1993 at the age of 61.