Marc Lacroix
Marc Lacroix OMI (born April 25, 1906 in Saint-Simon-de-Bagot , Québec , Canada , † September 9, 1976 ) was a Canadian religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Churchill-Hudson Bay .
Life
Marc Lacroix joined the Congregation of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in and received on 21 May 1933, the sacrament of Holy Orders .
On December 18, 1942, Pope Pius XII appointed him . the titular bishop of Rhosus and Apostolic Vicar of Baie d'Hudson. The Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe , Arthur Douville , donated him episcopal ordination on February 22, 1943 ; Co-consecrators were the Vicar Apostolic of James Bay , Henri Belleau OMI, and the Vicar Apostolic of Keewatin , Martin Joseph-Honoré LaJeunesse OMI.
Lacroix attended all four seasons of the Second Vatican Council . On July 13, 1967, he became the first bishop of Churchill as a result of the elevation of the Vicariate Apostolic Baie d'Hudson to the diocese . Pope Paul VI accepted on October 25, 1968, the resignation put forward by Marc Lacroix and appointed him titular bishop of Chullu . On November 24, 1970 Marc Lacroix renounced the titular diocese of Chullu.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Louis-Eugène-Arsène Turquetil OMI |
Vicar Apostolic / Bishop of Churchill-Hudson Bay 1942–1968 |
Omer Alfred Robidoux OMI |
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| SURNAME | Lacroix, Marc |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian religious, Roman Catholic Bishop of Churchill-Hudson Bay |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Simon-de-Bagot , Quebec , Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 1976 |