Joseph-Roméo Gagnon

Joseph-Roméo Gagnon (born February 24, 1903 in Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover , Québec , Canada , † February 18, 1970 in Edmundston ) was a Canadian clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Edmundston .

Life

Joseph-Roméo Gagnon attended the Episcopal Boys' Seminar in Nicolet from 1916 to 1924 . Then Gagnon studied philosophy and Catholic theology at the seminary in Nicolet. He received on 8 July 1928 in the chapel of the seminary by the bishop of Nicolet , Joseph Simon Herman Brunault , the sacrament of Holy Orders .

Until 1929 Joseph-Roméo Gagnon was parish vicar in the parish of Saint-Paul de Chester . From 1929 to 1932 he taught philosophy and mathematics at the Episcopal Boys' Seminar in Nicolet. 1932 Gagnon was for further studies to Rome sent, where he in 1936 at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas , the licentiate acquired in philosophy and specialized canon law doctorate was. He then became a spiritual director at the Nicolet Seminary. From 1939 to 1944 Joseph-Roméo Gagnon was Professor of Canon Law at Laval University . In 1946 he became vicar general of the diocese Nicolet and cathedral dean at the cathedral Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Nicolet.

On February 12, 1949, Pope Pius XII appointed him . to the Bishop of Edmundston. The Apostolic Delegate in Canada, Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti , ordained him episcopal on March 31 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Nicolet, Albini Lafortune , and the Bishop of Bathurst , Camille-André Le Blanc . Gagnon attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council .

predecessor	Office	successor
Marie-Antoine Roy OFM	Bishop of Edmundston 1949-1970	Fernand Lacroix CIM

personal data
SURNAME	Gagnon, Joseph-Roméo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian clergyman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Edmundston
DATE OF BIRTH	February 24, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover , Quebec , Canada
DATE OF DEATH	18th February 1970
Place of death	Edmundston