Bertrand Blanchet (born 19 September 1932) is a former Canadian
Roman Catholic
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prelate.
Born in
Montmagny, Quebec
Montmagny () is a city in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. It is the county seat and had a population, as of the Canada 2011 Census, of 11,491.
The city is on the south shore of the Sain ...
, Blanchet was ordained to the priesthood in 1956. He was appointed bishop of
Gaspé in 1973. He later served as
archbishop
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of
Rimouski
Rimouski ( ) is a city in Quebec, Canada. Rimouski is located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, at the mouth of the Rimouski River. It has a population of 48,935 (as of 2021). Rimouski is the site of Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), the C ...
from 1992 until his retirement in 2008.
References
1932 births
Living people
Canadian Roman Catholic bishops
Clergy from Quebec
People from Montmagny, Quebec
20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops
21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops
Université Laval alumni
French Quebecers
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