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François-Xavier Ross
François-Xavier Ross (born 1869 in Grosses-Roches) was a Canadian clergyman and prelate for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaspé The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaspé () (erected 5 May 1922) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rimouski in Quebec, Canada. Ordinaries * François-Xavier Ross (1922 – 1945) * Albini LeBlanc (1945 – 1957) *Paul Bernier (1957 – 1964), Ar .... He was appointed bishop in 1922. He died in 1945.http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgasp.html CH References 1869 births 1945 deaths Canadian Roman Catholic bishops {{Canada-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grosses-Roches
Grosses-Roches () is a municipality in Quebec, Canada. History Settlement began in the mid-19th century and the place was called Grosses-Roches (French for "big rocks"), referring to a large number of small, rounded, brownish rocks. In 1870, the parish of Saints-Sept-Frères was founded. In 1881, the post office opened. On August 19, 1939, the Municipality of Grosses-Roches was formed when it ceded from the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Félicité. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Grosses-Roches had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Government List of former mayors: * Victoire Marin (...–2013) * André Morin (2013–2017) * Victoire Marin (2017–2021) * Jonathan Massé (2021–2024) * Bruno Fournier (2024–present) See also * List of municipalities in Quebec __FORCETOC__ Quebec is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Gaspé
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaspé () (erected 5 May 1922) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rimouski in Quebec, Canada. Ordinaries * François-Xavier Ross (1922 – 1945) * Albini LeBlanc (1945 – 1957) *Paul Bernier (1957 – 1964), Archbishop (personal title) * Jean-Marie Fortier (1965 – 1968), appointed Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec *Joseph Gilles Napoléon Ouellet, P.M.E. (1968 – 1973) * Bertrand Blanchet (1973 – 1992), appointed Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec * Raymond Dumais (1993 – 2001) * Jean Gagnon (2002 – 2016) *Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M. (2016–2023) * (2023–) See also *Catholic Church in Canada The Catholic Church in Canada is part of the worldwide Catholic Church and has a decentralised structure, meaning each Diocese, diocesan bishop is autonomous but under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and the Canadian Conference of Cathol ... References External links and referencesDiocese of Gaspé site* Gaspe Christian organiza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1869 Births
Events January * January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan. * January 5 – Scotland's second oldest professional football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded. * January 20 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton is the first woman to testify before the United States Congress. * January 21 – The P.E.O. Sisterhood, a philanthropic educational organization for women, is founded at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. * January 27 – The Republic of Ezo is proclaimed on the northern Japanese island of Ezo (which will be renamed Hokkaidō on September 20) by remaining adherents to the Tokugawa shogunate. February * February 5 – Prospectors in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia, discover the largest alluvial gold nugget ever found, known as the " Welcome Stranger". * February 20 – Ranavalona II, the Merina Queen of Madagascar, is baptized. * February 25 – The Iron and Steel Institute is form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Deaths
1945 marked the end of World War II, the fall of Nazi Germany, and the Empire of Japan. It is also the year Nazi concentration camps, concentration camps were liberated and the only year in which atomic weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events World War II will be abbreviated as “WWII” January * January 1 – WWII: ** Nazi Germany, Germany begins Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt by the ''Luftwaffe'' to cripple Allies of World War II, Allied air forces in the Low Countries. ** Chenogne massacre: German prisoners are allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne, Belgium. * January 6 – WWII: A German offensive recaptures Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Hungary from the Soviets. * January 9 – WWII: American and Australian troops land at Lingayen Gulf on western coast of the largest Philippine island of Luzon, occupied by Japan since 1942. * January 12 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
