Louis Dicaire (29 August 1946 – 19 July 2020) was a

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bishop. He was the auxiliary bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil.

Life

Born in

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, Dicaire was educated at the Collège André-Grasset and Collège Saint-Jean-Vianney. He obtained his

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in theology in 1973 and was

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a priest on 20 January 1974. He went on to earn his

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in Pastoral Care at the

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in 1983. From 1983 to 1985, Dicaire went to

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, Italy, where he studied

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and sacramental theology at the

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and the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm. He exercised his ministry in various parishes: Blessed John XXIII, Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Colette and St. Joseph of Mont-Royal. Dicaire served as chaplain to the

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Scouts and Guides, episcopal secretary and was named a

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. From 1996 to 1999 he was

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for the region of East Montreal. In 1999, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Montreal and

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of Thizica, for which office he was consecrated on 25 March, by Cardinal

Jean-Claude Turcotte Jean-Claude Turcotte () (26 June 1936 – 8 April 2015) was a Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal. Upon his elevation into the cardinalate he was made the Cardinal-Priest of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament and the Holy Canadian Martyrs. He was ...

. Until 2002, he was responsible for the parish facilities. In 2001 Dicaire was appointed

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of the Archdiocese for one year. He was named the

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of the Mary, Queen of the World, Cathedral of Montreal. In June 2004 he was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil. At the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Quebec, he served as a member of the Committee of the liturgy, theology and social communications. He died on 19 July 2020 in his native

References

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