Marie-Joseph Lemieux
His Excellency Marie-Joseph Lemieux | |
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Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to India | |
See | Titular Archbishop of Saldae |
Orders | |
Ordination | 15 April 1928 by Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau |
Consecration | 29 Jun 1936 by Paolo Marella |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | March 4, 1994 | (aged 91)
Motto | In Caritate Christi |
Marie-Joseph Lemieux (1902–1994) was a
.Biography
Marie-Joseph Lemieux joined the
Cardinal Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau
and was then sent on a mission to Japan.
On his appointment as Bishop of Hakodate, later
Apostolic Administrator of the erstwhile Diocese of Gravelbourg in Saskatchewan
, Canada. He was appointed Bishop of Gravelbourg on 15 April 1944 and the inauguration was on 28 May 1944.
This was followed on 20 July 1953 by his appointment as
Archbishop and Metropolitan of Ottawa, on 17 September 1953 he was officially inaugurated to his new office. On 16 September 1966, he retired from the office of archbishop of Ottawa and became the titular archbishop of Saldae. From 1966-1968 he was Apostolic Nuncio in Haiti and then in 1969 simultaneously the Apostolic Delegate to the Antilles. On 30 May 1969, he was appointed Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in India
. On 16 February 1971, he resigned.
Archbishop Lemieux was a participant in all sessions of the Second Vatican Council and was consultant to the "Preparatory Commission for the bishops and dioceses."
External links
- catholic-hierarchy.org
- Biography (French)