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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.
Feb 24, 2008 · 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 ...
Ignace Bourget’s forebear, Claude Bourget, was originally from the Beauce region around Chartres, France. On 28 June 1683 at Quebec City he married Marie, the daughter of Guillaume Couture*, a former donné of the Society of Jesus and a companion in captivity of Isaac Jogues*.
- Philippe Sylvain
- BOURGET, IGNACE
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 11
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.
BOURGET, IGNACE. Second bishop of Montreal, Canada; b. Saint-Joseph-de-L é vis, Canada, Oct. 30, 1799; d. Montreal, June 8, 1885. Bourget attended secondary school in Quebec and began his work in theology there, finishing it in Montreal under J. J. Lartigue, the auxiliary bishop to whom he was secretary. When Montreal became a diocese (1836), ...
