Archbishop Roussin ill.Vancouver Vancouver, city, CanadaVancouver, city (1991 pop. 471,844), SW British Columbia, Canada, on Burrard Inlet of the Strait of Georgia, opposite Vancouver Island and just N of the Wash. border. It is the largest city on Canada's Pacific coast, the center of the third largest metropolitan area in Canada, and the nation's chief Pacific port, with an excellent year-round harbor. -- In an August 26 letter to the faithful of the Archdiocese of Vancouver, Archbishop Raymond Roussin announced he will be away from his day-to-day duties for a period of five to six months to deal with clinical depression clinical depressionn. . He wrote that he decided to be "frank" about his condition in order to help remove some of the stigma "wrongly and unfortunately" associated with depression. He asked the faithful for prayers and, on a positive note, indicated that his doctor believes he will make a full recovery from the condition. See depression. Comment: Readers may send expressions of support to the Archbishop through the Chancery Office of the Archdiocese of Vancouver, 150 Robson Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6B 2A7 or by e-mail via the website at: www.rcav.org/whatsnew/bishop.htm. |
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