Canadian religious figure. Auxiliary bishop of Québec. A native of Saint-Grégoire-de-Montmorency, in the city of Québec, he studied at the Seminary of Québec. He was ordained priest on May 31, 1958. He began his career by teaching at the college of Thetford, this from 1958 to 1963. Then he worked successively as diocesan chaplain of the “Jeunesse Étudiante Catholique“, from 1963 to 1967, as chaplain of the Sainte-Marie academy, Beauport, in 1969 and 1970; vicar and later pastor of the Sainte-Geneviève parish, from 1970 to 1973; president of the Louis-Hébert pastoral region, from 1971 to 1973 ; director of the diocesan pastoral service, from 1973 to 1975, and pastor the L’ange-Gardien parish, from 1975 to 1982. On October 22, 1982, he was ordered titular bishop of Eguga and appointed auxiliary bishop of Québec. Archbishop Vachon put him in charge of the pastoral visit of Pope John-Paul II in Québec in 1984. That same year, the Pope named him apostolic administrator of the diocese of Ste-Anne-of-the-Pocatière. Beginning in June 1996, he served finally as Regulator of the metropolitan curia and vicar general og the Québec archdiocese. He was prematurely allowed to retire on June 30, 1998 because of his poor health. He passed away at Cardinal-Vachon House, in Québec.
Canadian religious figure. Auxiliary bishop of Québec. A native of Saint-Grégoire-de-Montmorency, in the city of Québec, he studied at the Seminary of Québec. He was ordained priest on May 31, 1958. He began his career by teaching at the college of Thetford, this from 1958 to 1963. Then he worked successively as diocesan chaplain of the “Jeunesse Étudiante Catholique“, from 1963 to 1967, as chaplain of the Sainte-Marie academy, Beauport, in 1969 and 1970; vicar and later pastor of the Sainte-Geneviève parish, from 1970 to 1973; president of the Louis-Hébert pastoral region, from 1971 to 1973 ; director of the diocesan pastoral service, from 1973 to 1975, and pastor the L’ange-Gardien parish, from 1975 to 1982. On October 22, 1982, he was ordered titular bishop of Eguga and appointed auxiliary bishop of Québec. Archbishop Vachon put him in charge of the pastoral visit of Pope John-Paul II in Québec in 1984. That same year, the Pope named him apostolic administrator of the diocese of Ste-Anne-of-the-Pocatière. Beginning in June 1996, he served finally as Regulator of the metropolitan curia and vicar general og the Québec archdiocese. He was prematurely allowed to retire on June 30, 1998 because of his poor health. He passed away at Cardinal-Vachon House, in Québec.
Bio by: Guy Gagnon
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