Edmond Langevin (30 August 1824 – 2 June 1889) was a

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priest and

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. Born in

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, Langevin studied at the

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and the Grand Séminaire. He was ordained priest in 1847. He was appointed vicar general by

Charles-François Baillargeon Charles-François Baillargeon (April 26, 1798 – October 13, 1870) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and archbishop. Biography He was from Lower Canada and studied at the Collège de Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud and Collège de Nico ...

in 1867.

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