Canadian religious leader and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Twentieth bishop and tenth archbishop of Québec. A native of Montréal, he made his primary and classic studies in his hometown before joining the Oblates Fathers, in Lachine. on August 15th, 1900 and taking the holy dress on August 14th, 1901. He pronounced his first vows on August 15th, 1902. In Ottawa, he continued then in pursuing his studies in philosophy and theology. He was ordained priest on May 27th, 1907. In 1920, he became dean of the faculty of theology of the University of Ottawa, having been for years professor then superior of the scholasticate. On July 1st, 1930, he was elected the first bishop of Gravelbourg, in Saskatchewan. On December 11th, 1931, he was promoted archbishop of Quebec and took up his post on February 25th, 1932. On March 13th, 1933, Pope Pius XI created him cardinal. In June, 1938, he was named papal legate ad latere at the 1st national Eucharistic Congress of Quebec. In March, 1939, he was the first Canadian cardinal to participate in a conclave. In June of the same year, Pope Pius XII still appointed him legate ad latere for the celebration of the erection in minor basilica of the national sanctuary of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc in Domrémy, France. Because of the economic crisis, he had to intervene in the debates of economic and social order and defended positions which were not particularly progressive. Although he was himself of nationalist tendency, nevertheless he had to undergo the condemnation of numerous Quebeckers when he gave his support to the measures of the government of Prime minister King in favour of the conscription, during World War II. For him, the participation in the war was not a support for England, the colonizing power, but an opposition to the Hitlerism which he considered as a danger for the Christendom.During the war, he visited the soldiers on the battlefields of Europe. On October 12th, 1945, always as legate ad latere, he presided over the celebration of the Fiftieth anniversary of the Coronation of the Virgin of Guadalupe, in Mexico. On January 17th, 1947, he died in the convent of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Marie in Alhambra, California.