Théodore Jean Arcand, LL.D. (born June 25, 1934 in Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada, died April 16, 2005, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) was a Canadian former

diplomat A diplomat (from grc, δίπλωμα; romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state or an intergovernmental institution such as the United Nations or the European Union to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or internati ...

. He was Chargé d'Affaires a.i. to Holy See at the beginning of his career then followed by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Jordan, Lebanon and

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

concurrently. This was followed by a diplomatic appointments to Hungary and Denmark. He was later named again to the Holy See. He received an honorary doctorate from McMaster University in 1995.

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Obituary, Ottawa Citizen
1934 births People from the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87 Ambassadors of Canada to Syria Ambassadors of Canada to the Holy See Ambassadors of Canada to Jordan Ambassadors of Canada to Lebanon Ambassadors of Canada to Hungary 2005 deaths {{Canada-diplomat-stub