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Eugène Philippe LaRocque

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Eugène LaRocque
Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria-Cornwall
InstalledSeptember 15, 1974
Term endedApril 27, 2002
PredecessorAdolphe E. Proulx
SuccessorPaul-André Durocher
Orders
OrdinationJune 7, 1952
ConsecrationSeptember 3, 1974
Personal details
Born(1927-03-27)March 27, 1927
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
DiedDecember 16, 2018(2018-12-16) (aged 91)
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Ordination history of
Eugène Philippe LaRocque
History
Priestly ordination
Date7 June 1952
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorGerald Emmett Carter
Co-consecratorsJean-Marie Fortier,
Philip Francis Pocock
Date3 September 1974
PlaceTecumseh, Ontario

Eugène Philippe LaRocque (27 March 1927 – 16 December 2018) was a Canadian Catholic priest, and Bishop of Alexandria-Cornwall from 1974 to 2002. [1]

LaRocque served as State Chaplain for the Knights of Columbus in Ontario from 1977 to 1987, and President of Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario from 1993 to 1997.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Bishop Eugène Philippe LaRocque". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  2. ^ "Death of The Most Reverend Eugène Philippe LaRocque Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria-Cornwall". Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. Retrieved December 16, 2018.