Ignace Bourget
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Ignace Bourget was a Canadian Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Montreal from 1840 to 1876.
Bourget in 1882
Ignace Bourget, circa 1840
Statue of Ignace Bourget sculpted by Louis-Philippe Hébert, located outside Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral
Ignace Bourget, circa 1862
Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral or in full Mary, Queen of the World and St. James the Great Cathedral is a minor basilica in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese
Ignace Bourget
…Saint Anne, Sisters of Providence, and the Institute of Misericordia Sisters. He commissioned the construction of St James Cathedral, known today as Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral, and played a key role in the establishment of the Université Laval and the Hospice of the Holy Child Jesus. Bourget was a fierce ultramontanist…
Marie Reine du Monde, Montréal
Benediction of the first stone used to build the cathedral, c. 1870
The bishop's mortuary chapel is located on the east wall of the cathedral.
A neo-baroque ciborium is located under the dome of the building