Georges-Léon Pelletier (19 August 1904 – 24 September 1987) was a

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bishop of the

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. He was Bishop of Trois-Rivières from 1947 to 1975. From Saint-Épiphane, Quebec, he was ordained in 1931. He was named bishop by

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and consecrated auxiliary bishop of Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve in

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. He succeeded

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as Bishop of Trois-Rivières. In 1975, he resigned and

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succeeded him. He died in 1987.

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1904 births People from Bas-Saint-Laurent 1987 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Canada Roman Catholic bishops of Trois-Rivières {{Canada-RC-bishop-stub