Timothy John Matthews (1907 - 1991) was the ninth Bishop of Quebec. He was educated at

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and Bishop's University, Lennoxville and ordained in 1933. After

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and Edson he held incumbencies at Coaticook and Lake St John. He was Archdeacon of Gaspé from 1952 to 1957; and then of St Francis until his elevation to the

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in 1971. He resigned his see in 1977.

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