François-Xavier Brunet
Appearance
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François-Xavier Brunet | |
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Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Quebec | |
Diocese | Mont-Laurier |
Installed | August 6, 1913 |
Term ended | January 7, 1922 |
Predecessor | Diocese erected in 1913. |
Successor | Joseph-Eugène Limoges |
Orders | |
Ordination | September 23, 1893 |
Personal details | |
Born | Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Quebec | November 27, 1868
Died | January 7, 1922 Montreal, Quebec | (aged 53)
François-Xavier Brunet (November 27, 1868 – January 7, 1922) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and bishop of Mont-Laurier, Quebec.
Biography
[edit]Baptized in the parish of Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Quebec, he moved to Ottawa in 1873. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1890 from the College of Ottawa. He then decided to become a priest and studied theology at the Grand Séminaire d'Ottawa.
Brunet was consecrated by Archbishop Joseph-Thomas Duhamel of Ottawa in 1893. In 1913, he was appointed the first bishop of the new diocese of Mont-Laurier, which was created from parts of the Archdiocese of Montréal and the Archdiocese of Ottawa.
He died in Montreal in 1922.
References
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- Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal, eds. (2005). "François-Xavier Brunet". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XV (1921–1930) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.