Joseph Paul Pierre Morissette (born November 22, 1944) is the

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bishop of the

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. He was formerly bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baie-Comeau. Morissette was born in Thetford Mines. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 8, 1968. On February 27, 1987, he was appointed auxiliary bishop in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec and

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. On March 17, 1990, he was appointed bishop of

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, and on July 3, 2008 he was appointed bishop of

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