About François-Xavier Brunet
Lived 1868 – 1922 (aged 53). François-Xavier Brunet was a Canadian catholic priest and catholic bishop.
François-Xavier Brunet (November 27, 1868 – January 7, 1922) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and bishop of Mont-Laurier, Quebec.
Biography Baptized in the parish of Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Quebec, he moved to Ottawa in 1873. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1890 from the College of Ottawa. He then decided to become a priest and studied theology at the Grand Séminaire d'Ottawa.
Brunet was consecrated by Archbishop Joseph-Thomas Duhamel of Ottawa in 1893. In 1913, he was appointed the first bishop of the new diocese of Mont-Laurier, which was created from parts of the Archdiocese of Montréal and the Archdiocese of Ottawa.
He died in Montreal in 1922.
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François-Xavier Brunet was born on 27 November 1868 in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil.
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François-Xavier Brunet died on 7 January 1922 in Montreal.
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