Louis-François Duplessis de Mornay
Louis-François Duplessis de Mornay (born September 10, 1663 in Vannes , Bretagne , † November 28, 1741 in Paris ) was a French Capuchin and third bishop of Québec in New France .
De Mornay entered the Capuchin order and was ordained a priest in 1687 . On June 22, 1713 he was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Québec; on February 26, 1714, Pope Clement XI confirmed . the election and appointed him titular bishop of Eumenia . He received the episcopal ordination on April 22nd of the same year by the Bishop of Strasbourg , Armand I. Gaston Maximilien de Rohan-Soubise . Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Viviers , Martin de Ratabon († 1728), and the Bishop of Lavaur , Nicolas de Malezieu (1650-1727). After the death of Bishop Jean-Baptiste de la Croix Chevrière de St. Vallier (1653-1727), he succeeded him as Bishop of Québec on December 26, 1727 . He retired on September 12, 1733 .
Mornay never came to Canada and left the administration of the diocese to his coadjutor Pierre-Hermann Dosquet (1691–1777).
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| SURNAME | Duplessis de Mornay, Louis-François |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Capuchin and third Bishop of Québec |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1663 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vannes , Brittany |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 28, 1741 |
| Place of death | Paris |