Charles-François Baillargeon (; April 26, 1798 – October 13, 1870) was a

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Roman Catholic priest and archbishop.

Biography

He was from

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and studied at the Collège de Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud and Collège de Nicolet followed by four years of theology at

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where his choice of the priesthood was confirmed. He was ordained in 1822 and became chaplain of the church of Saint-Roch and also the director of the college. He then served as a parish priest and in 1831 was appointed by Bishop Bernard-Claude Panet to the cathedral as a parish priest. This was an extremely taxing assignment, and he was also working on a French translation of the New Testament for Bishop

Joseph-Octave Plessis Joseph-Octave Plessis (March 3, 1763 – December 4, 1825) was a Canadians, Canadian Catholic Church, Roman Catholic clergyman from Quebec. He was the first archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec after the diocese was elevated to ...

. He became Bishop Baillargeon in 1851 and archbishop in 1867. He continued to be active in his vocation until his death. Because he had not appointed a

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, two priests, Charles-Félix Cazeau and

Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau (; February 17, 1820 – April 12, 1898) was a Canadian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Quebec from 1871 until his death in 1898. The first Canadian cardinal, he was elevated to the ...

, served as administrators for a period.

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Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''

1798 births 1870 deaths 19th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Canada Burials at the Cathedral-Basilica of Notre-Dame de Québec Collège de Nicolet alumni Participants in the First Vatican Council Roman Catholic archbishops of Quebec {{Canada-RC-archbishop-stub

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