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Georges-Léon Pelletier

Georges-Léon Pelletier
Bishop of Trois-Rivières
Diocese Trois-Rivières
Predecessor Maurice Roy
Successor Laurent Noël
Orders
Ordination June 24, 1931
Consecration September 24, 1943
Rank Bishop of Trois-Rivières
Personal details
Birth name Georges-Léon Pelletier
Born (1904-08-19)19 August 1904
Saint-Épiphane, Quebec, Canada
Died 24 September 1987(1987-09-24) (aged 83)
Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Denomination Roman Catholic

Georges-Léon Pelletier (19 August 1904 – 24 September 1987) was a Canadian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Bishop of Trois-Rivières from 1947 to 1975. From Saint-Épiphane, Quebec, he was ordained in 1931. He was named bishop by Pius XII and consecrated auxiliary bishop of Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve in Quebec City. He succeeded Maurice Roy as Bishop of Trois-Rivières. In 1975, he resigned and Laurent Noël succeeded him. He died in 1987.


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