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François-Xavier Ross
François-Xavier Ross (born 1869 in Grosses-Roches) was a Canadian clergyman and prelate for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaspé. He was appointed bishop in 1922. He died in 1945.http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgasp.html CH References 1869 births 1945 deaths Canadian Roman Catholic bishops {{Bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grosses-Roches
Grosses-Roches is a municipality in Quebec, Canada. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Grosses-Roches had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. See also * List of municipalities in Quebec __FORCETOC__ Quebec is the second-most populous province in Canada with 8,501,833 residents as of 2021 and is the largest in land area at . For statistical purposes, the province is divided into 1,282 census subdivisions, which are m ... References {{authority control Incorporated places in Bas-Saint-Laurent Municipalities in Quebec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Gaspé
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaspé ( la, Dioecesis Gaspesiensis) (erected 5 May 1922) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rimouski in Quebec, Canada. Ordinaries * François-Xavier Ross (1922 – 1945) *Albini LeBlanc (1945 – 1957) *Paul Bernier (1957 – 1964), Archbishop (personal title) *Jean-Marie Fortier (1965 – 1968), appointed Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec *Joseph Gilles Napoléon Ouellet, P.M.E. (1968 – 1973) *Bertrand Blanchet (1973 – 1992), appointed Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec *Raymond Dumais (1993 – 2001) * Jean Gagnon (2002 – 2016) *Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M. (2016–) Bibliography * See also *Catholic Church in Canada french: Église catholique au Canada , native_name_lang = fr , image = Basilique-Cathédrale Notre-Dame Québec.JPG , imagewidth = 200px , alt = , caption = Cathedral-Basilica of Notre-Da ... References External links and referencesDiocese of Gaspé site Gasp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1869 Births
Events January–March * January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan. * January 5 – Scotland's oldest professional football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded. * January 20 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton is the first woman to testify before the United States Congress. * January 21 – The P.E.O. Sisterhood, a philanthropic educational organization for women, is founded at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. * January 27 – The Republic of Ezo is proclaimed on the northern Japanese island of Ezo (which will be renamed Hokkaidō on September 20) by remaining adherents to the Tokugawa shogunate. * February 5 – Prospectors in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia, discover the largest alluvial gold nugget ever found, known as the "Welcome Stranger". * February 20 – Ranavalona II, the Merina Queen of Madagascar, is baptized. * February 25 – The Iron and Steel Institute is formed in Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Deaths
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which Nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: ** Nazi Germany, Germany begins Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt by the ''Luftwaffe'' to cripple Allies of World War II, Allied air forces in the Low Countries. ** Chenogne massacre: German prisoners are allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne, Belgium. * January 6 – WWII: A German offensive recaptures Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Hungary from the Russians. * January 12 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive in Eastern Europe, against the German Army (Wehrmacht), German Army. * January 13 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the East Prussian Offensive, to eliminate German forces in East Pruss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
