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André Gaumond (3 June 1936 – 14 December 2019) was a Canadian
Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...
bishop. Gaumond was born in
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and was ordained to the priesthood in 1961. He served as bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière () (erected 23 June 1951) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Quebec. Bishops Ordinaries * Bruno Desrochers (1951–1968) * Charles Henri Lévesque (1968–1984) * André Gaumond (1985 ...
, Canada, from 1985 to 1995. He then served as coadjutor archbishop of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sherbrooke The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sherbrooke () is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the civil province of Quebec and includes the suffragan dioceses of Nicolet and Saint-Hyacinthe. It is currently led by Luc Cyr. As of 2004, ...
, Canada, in 1995 and 1996. Gaumond then served as archbishop of the Sherbrooke Archdiocese from 1996 to 2011.Archdiocese of Sherbrooke
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaumond, Andre 1936 births 2019 deaths 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Canada Roman Catholic archbishops of Sherbrooke Roman Catholic bishops of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière