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François-Xavier Brunet

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François-Xavier Brunet
Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Quebec
DioceseMont-Laurier
InstalledAugust 6, 1913
Term endedJanuary 7, 1922
PredecessorDiocese erected in 1913.
SuccessorJoseph-Eugène Limoges
Orders
OrdinationSeptember 23, 1893
Personal details
Born(1868-11-27)November 27, 1868
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Quebec
DiedJanuary 7, 1922(1922-01-07) (aged 53)
Montreal, Quebec

François-Xavier Brunet (November 27, 1868 – January 7, 1922) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and bishop of Mont-Laurier, Quebec.

Biography

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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.

References

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  • Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal, eds. (2005). "François-Xavier Brunet". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XV (1921–1930) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.