André-Albert Blais (26 August 1842 – 23 January 1919) was a

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priest and Bishop of Rimouski. Born in Saint-Vallier,

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, the son of Hubert Blais and Marguerite Roy, Blais was educated in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Quebec, at the Quebec Seminary and at Collège de Lévis. He was ordained in 1868. From 1868 to 1869, he taught at Collège de Lévis. From 1869 to 1873, he was a professor of English at the Quebec Seminary and assistant director of the Pensionnat. From 1873 to 1874, he was director of the Pensionnat. From 1874 to 1877, he studied in

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. From 1877 to 1881, he was a professor of Canonical law at the Quebec Seminary. From 1882 to 1889, he was a chaplain in Bon Pasteur, Quebec. In 1889, he was appointed

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of Germanicopolis. In 1891, he was appointed Bishop of Rimouski. The Municipality of Saint-André-de-Restigouche was named after him.

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* * 1842 births 1919 deaths 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Canada Roman Catholic bishops of Rimouski {{Canada-RC-bishop-stub