Gerard Dionne
Gérard Dionne (born June 19, 1919 in Saint-Basile , † May 13, 2020 in Edmundston ) was a Canadian clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Edmundston .
Life
Gérard Dionne studied at the seminaries in Beauce and Halifax . On May 1, 1948, he received the sacrament of ordination for the diocese of Edmundston through Bishop Marie-Antoine Roy, OFM . At the Roman Angelicum he completed a doctorate in canon law. He was a vicar, later a pastor, in Edmundston, New Brunswick. Among other pastoral duties, he was chaplain in the Provincial House of the Marist Sisters and with the Eucharist Sisters , both in Edmundston, and the scholastics of the Hospitalists of Saint Joseph in Saint-Basile. He held numerous offices in the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) . He was Head of the Latin America Office from 1967 to 1971.
Pope Paul VI appointed him on January 29, 1975 auxiliary bishop in Sault Sainte Marie and titular bishop of Garba . The bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Alexander Carter , donated him episcopal ordination on April 8 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Fernand Lacroix CIM , Bishop of Edmundston, and Pieter Antoon Nierman , Archbishop of Sherbrooke . He was appointed Bishop of Edmundston by Pope John Paul II on November 26, 1983, and was instituted on January 29 of the following year. Dionne was Vice President and later President of the Atlantic Episcopal Assembly (AEA) .
On October 20, 1993, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation. Gérard Dionne died in Edmundston Regional Hospital in May 2020 at the age of 100.
Web links
- Entry on Gérard Dionne on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Gérard Dionne on gcatholic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The Most Reverend Gérard Dionne, Bishop Emeritus of Edmundston, Celebrates 100th Birthday. cccb.ca, June 18, 2019, accessed on May 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Mgr Gerard Dionne 2020. necrocanada.com, May 14, 2020, accessed on May 15, 2020 (French).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Fernand Lacroix CIM |
Bishop of Edmundston 1983-1993 |
François Thibodeau CIM |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dionne, Gerard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian clergyman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Edmundston |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Basile |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 2020 |
| Place of death | Edmundston |