François-Xavier Brunet
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| François-Xavier Brunet | |
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| Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Quebec | |
| File:Monseigneur FX Brunet, Eveque de Mont Laurier (HS85-10-42F).jpg | |
| Diocese | Mont-Laurier |
| Installed | August 6, 1913 |
| Term ended | January 7, 1922 |
| Predecessor | Diocese erected in 1913. |
| Successor | Joseph-Eugène Limoges |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | September 23, 1893 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 27, 1868 Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Quebec |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Montreal, Quebec |
François-Xavier Brunet (November 27, 1868 – January 7, 1922) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and bishop of Mont-Laurier, Quebec.
Biography
Baptized in the parish of Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Quebec, he moved to Ottawa in 1873. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1890 from the College of Ottawa. He then decided to become a priest and studied theology at the Grand Séminaire d'Ottawa.
Brunet was consecrated by Archbishop Joseph-Thomas Duhamel of Ottawa in 1893. In 1913, he was appointed the first bishop of the new diocese of Mont-Laurier, which was created from parts of the Archdiocese of Montréal and the Archdiocese of Ottawa.
He died in Montreal in 1922.
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