Leger, Paul-Emile (Roman Catholic Priest in Quebec, Canada).

Leger, Paul-Emile (Roman Catholic Priest in Quebec, Canada).

Leger served as a lecturer and representative of the Catholic church in multiple capacities. A cardinal, a priest, and eventually a Prince of the Canadian Catholic church, he was a pious man whose work and life was always centered around the nonsecular.

1904-1933 1941-1991.

Person

Catholic Church, Montreal.

Gilles Routhier, “LÉGER, PAUL-ÉMILE,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 22, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed June 3, 2021, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/leger_paul_emile_22E.html.

1904

Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada.

1991

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Roman Catholic Priest; Sulpician; Educator; Missionary; Archbishop; Cardinal.

French; English; Japanese.

Catholic priest and missionary, Quebecois and Canadian. Served as an altar boy, studied classics and philosophy. During a hiatus from school, worked in various jobs that allowed him to interact with the general public. Denied entry to the Jesuit noviciate due to being ‘over-emotional’. Ordained as a priest in 1929 and transferred to Valleyfield, Montreal, then out of Canada.

Returning to Canada due to the second world war, he became a lecturer at the Seminaire de Philosphie, and the University of Montreal. He was regarded for his eloquence, and even made acquaintance with the Pope at the time. He became the first ‘Prince’ of the Canadian Catholic church. He set up many benevolent organizations, such as hospitals and charities.

Source: Courtesy of Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec

Quebec Since 1800 (Carleton, HIST 3301A)

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