Gérard Tremblay, P.S.S. (October 27, 1918 – September 28, 2019) was a Canadian bishop of the

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. Tremblay was born in

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, Canada, and ordained a priest on June 16, 1946, for the

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. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the

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and titular bishop of Trisipa on March 20, 1981, and consecrated on May 22, 1981. Tremblay retired as auxiliary bishop of Montreal on August 27, 1991. He turned 100 in October 2018.

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