Quebec City--on September 29 Cardinal Louis-Albert Vachon, retired Archbishop of Quebec, died at age 94.Quebec City -- On September 29 Cardinal Louis-Albert Vachon, retired Archbishop of Quebec, died at age 94. He was vice-Chancellor of Laval University Laval University, at Quebec, Que., Canada; Roman Catholic, coeducational, French language; chartered 1852, an outgrowth of a seminary established 1663 by Bishop Laval. In 1876 a branch was established in Montreal, which in 1919 became independent as the Univ. from 1969 to 1972 and succeeded Cardinal Maurice Roy Maurice Cardinal Roy (January 25, 1905—October 24, 1985) was a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Quebec from 1947 to 1981, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965. as Archbishop of Quebec City in 1981. He was made a Cardinal in 1985. He retired in 1990. The remaining Canadian cardinals are Edouard Gagnon, 88, retired; and active Cardinals Aloysius Ambrozic Aloysius Matthew Cardinal Ambrozic (born January 27, 1930) is a Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto. He became a cardinal on February 21, 1998. Ambrozic was born in Gabrje, Slovenia as Alojzij Ambrožič. of Toronto, 76; Jean-Claude Turcotte Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte (born June 26, 1936) is a Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Montréal. His full title is "Cardinal of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament and the Holy Canadian Martyrs. of Montreal, 70; and Marc Ouellet of Quebec City, 62. |
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