Paul-Émile Léger
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Paul-Émile Léger was a Canadian Catholic prelate, educator, missionary, and humanitarian. A member of the Society of Saint-Sulpice, he served as Archbishop of Montreal from 1950 to 1967 and was elevat
Léger in 1941
Maurice Roy
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Maurice Roy was a Canadian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Quebec from 1947 to 1981. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965.
Paul-Émile Léger
…Consecrated on April 26, 1950, in Rome's Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs by Cardinal Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, assisted by Archbishop Maurice Roy and Bishop Jean-Julien Weber, he took possession of his see on May 16, 1950. As archbishop, Léger emphasized ultramontane loyalty to Pius XII. He…
The then-bishop seen in 1956.