About Jean-Guy Hamelin
Lived 1925 – 2018 (aged 92). Jean-Guy Hamelin was a Canadian catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Jean-Guy Hamelin (October 8, 1925 – March 1, 2018) was a Canadian Catholic bishop.
Born in 1925 in Saint-Sévérin-de-Proulxville, Hamelin was ordained to the priesthood on June 11, 1949, in Trois-Rivières, Québec and was named first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rouyn-Noranda, Canada on November 29, 1973. He retired on November 30, 2001, succeeded by Dorylas Moreau and named Bishop Emeritus.
Hamelin died on March 1, 2018, aged 92 in Rouyn-Noranda.
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Canadian Catholic prelate (1925–2018)
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Jean-Guy Hamelin was born on 8 October 1925 in Saint-Séverin.
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Jean-Guy Hamelin died on 1 March 2018 in Rouyn-Noranda.
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Jean-Guy Hamelin was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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