Search results
Ignace Bourget (October 30, 1799 – June 8, 1885) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest who held the title of Bishop of Montreal from 1840 to 1876.
Ignace Bourget, né à Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-Lévy (aujourd'hui la ville de Lévis) le 30 octobre 1799 et mort le 8 juin 1885 à Montréal, est un ecclésiastique québécois 1 . Devenu évêque de Montréal en 1840, il démissionne en 1876.
Ignace Bourget, second Roman Catholic bishop of Montréal (b at Lauzon, Qué 30 Oct 1799; d at Sault-au-Récollet, Qué 8 June 1885). Bourget studied theology and taught at the Séminaire de Nicolet for 3 years before being appointed secretary to Bishop Jean-Jacques Lartigue in 1821, who ordained him in 1822.
Bourget, IGNACE.—first Bishop of Montreal, P. Q., Canada, and titular Archbishop of Martianopolis, b. at Point Levis, Province of Quebec, October 30, 1799; d. at Sault-au-Recollet, near Montreal, June 8, 1885. Remarkable for his piety and learning, he played throughout sixty years a potent part in the religious, and even in the civil, life of ...
BOURGET, IGNACE, Roman Catholic priest and bishop; b. 30 Oct. 1799 in the parish of Saint-Joseph (now in Lauzon), Lower Canada, son of Pierre Bourget, a farmer, and Thérèse Paradis; d. 8 June 1885 at Sault-au-Récollet (Montréal-Nord), Que.
Thus, even before receiving Holy orders, Ignace Bourget was launched upon an active life. On 23 November, 1821, he was made deacon and on 30 November, 1822, was ordained priest in the chapel of the Hôtel-Dieu where he said his first Mass.
Ignace Bourget was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest who held the title of Bishop of Montreal from 1840 to 1876. Born in Lévis, Quebec, in 1799, Bourget entered the clergy at an early age, undertook several courses of religious study, and in 1837 was named co-adjutor bishop of the newly created bishopric of Montreal.