Bishop Georges Léon Pelletier †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Aug 1904		Born
24 Jun 1931	26.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada
5 Dec 1942	38.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada
5 Dec 1942	38.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hephaestus
24 Feb 1943	38.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hephaestus
26 Jul 1947	42.9	Appointed	Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
30 Oct 1975	71.1	Resigned	Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
24 Sep 1987	83.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

MicroData Summary
Georges Léon Pelletier
Bishop Georges Léon Pelletier
(born 19 Aug 1904, died 24 Sep 1987)
Bishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Saint-Épiphane (Rivière-du-Loup), Diocese of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec
Ordained Priest Cathedral, Rimouski, Diocese of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame de Québec, Cathedral Basilica, Québec, Archdiocese of Québec
Death Place Trois-Rivières, Diocese of Trois-Rivières, Québec
Buried Place (Original) Saint-Michel, Cemetery, Trois-Rivières, Diocese of Trois-Rivières, Québec

a priest for 56.2 years
a bishop for 44.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Georges-Alexandre Courchesne †
Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec
Principal Consecrator:
Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Cardinal Villeneuve, O.M.I. †
Archbishop of Québec
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Alexandre Vachon †
Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario
Archbishop Norbert Robichaud †
Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Cardinal Villeneuve, O.M.I. † (1930)
Archbishop of Québec
Archbishop Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes † (1913)
Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario
Archbishop Louis Joseph Napoléon Paul Bruchési † (1897)
Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
Archbishop Louis-Nazaire Bégin † (1888)
Titular Archbishop of Cyrene
Elzéar-Alexandre Cardinal Taschereau † (1871)
Archbishop of Québec
Archbishop John Joseph Lynch, C.M. † (1859)
Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario
Bishop Armand-Françios-Marie de Charbonnel, O.F.M. Cap. † (1850)
Bishop of Toronto, Ontario
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Jean-Guy Hamelin † (1949)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Charles-Omer Garant † (1948)
Bishop Maxime Tessier † (1951)
Bishop José Damase Laberge, O.F.M. † (1955)
Bishop Marius Paré † (1956)
Bishop Joseph Louis André Ouellette † (1957)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Saint-Épiphane (Rivière-du-Loup), Diocese of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec
Ordained Priest	Cathedral, Rimouski, Diocese of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec
Ordained Bishop	Notre-Dame de Québec, Cathedral Basilica, Québec, Archdiocese of Québec
Death Place	Trois-Rivières, Diocese of Trois-Rivières, Québec
Buried Place (Original)	Saint-Michel, Cemetery, Trois-Rivières, Diocese of Trois-Rivières, Québec

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 168580037
VIAF: 106309377
WikiData: Q3102117

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 109, Additions/Corrections (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1943, Number 7
opd/c1/loc: CB, 10 Sep 2024

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