Gérard Tremblay (Bishop)
Gérard Tremblay PSS (born October 27, 1918 in Montreal , Canada ; † September 28, 2019 ibid) was a Canadian religious and Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Montréal .
Life
Gérard Tremblay was on June 16, 1946 priests of the Sulpician consecrated. From 1970 to 1976 he was Second Consultor of the Sulpizians in Canada. Pope Paul VI awarded him the title of Pontifical House Prelate on June 9, 1978.
Pope John Paul II appointed him on March 20, 1981 auxiliary bishop in Montréal and titular bishop of Trisipa . The Archbishop of Montréal, Cardinal Paul Grégoire donated him episcopal ordination on May 22nd of the same year ; Co-consecrators were the auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Montréal, Leonard James Crowley and Adrien André Maria Cimichella OSM .
On August 27, 1991, Pope John Paul II accepted his early resignation. Then Tremblay was director of the Saint-Sulpice seminar in Montréal until June 1996 .
Web links
- Entry on Gérard Tremblay on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Biography on the website of the Canadian Sulpizians
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| SURNAME | Tremblay, Gerard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tremblay, Gérard PSS |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian religious, Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Montreal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montreal , Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 28, 2019 |
| Place of death | Montreal , Canada |