Paul-André Durocher (born May 28, 1954) is a Canadian
bishop
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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.
Life and career
Paul-André Durocher was born in
Windsor, Ontario
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, on May 28, 1954. He was ordained a priest for the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Timmins, Ontario, on July 2, 1982.
Pope
John Paul II appointed Durocher Auxiliary Bishop of
Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, on January 20, 1997, and designated him as the titular bishop of Ausuaga. Durocher's episcopal consecration took place on March 14, 1997, with Bishop
Jean-Louis Plouffe as the principal consecrator.
On April 27, 2002, Durocher was appointed Bishop of
Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario.
On October 12, 2011, Pope
Benedict XVI appointed Durocher as Archbishop of
Gatineau
Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, directly across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region of Quebec and is also p ...
, Quebec. Archbishop Durocher was installed on November 30, 2011. He participated in the
Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops,
[ where he advocated the ordination of women to the diaconate.]
References
External links
Catholic-HierarchyArchdiocese of Gatineau
(French)
1954 births
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Canada
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Canada
Canadian Roman Catholic archbishops
Living people
Franco-Ontarian people
People from Windsor, Ontario
Roman Catholic archbishops of Gatineau
Roman Catholic bishops of Alexandria–Cornwall
Roman Catholic bishops of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario
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