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Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger, P.S.S. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Diocese of Valleyfield, Québec
Ordained Bishop	Santa Maria degli Angeli, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec
Buried Place (Original)	Mary, Queen of the World, Cathedral, Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec

a priest for 62.4 years a bishop for 41.5 years a cardinal for 38.8 years

Principal Consecrator: Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Maurice Roy † Archbishop of Québec Bishop Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S. † Bishop of Strasbourg

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930) Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913) Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875) Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere 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 Gilles Lussier (1964) Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr. † (1953) Bishop Laurent Morin † (1955) Bishop Valérien Bélanger † (1956) Bishop Joseph Gustave Roland Prévost Godard, P.M.E. † (1957) Bishop Alexander Carter † (1957) Bishop Gabriel Champagne, M. Afr. † (1957) Bishop Paul-Maurice Choquet, C.S.C. † (1959) Bishop William Edward Power † (1960) Paul Cardinal Grégoire † (1961) Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter † (1962) Bishop Adrien André Maria Cimichella, O.S.M. † (1964)

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