Pierre-André Fournier
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The Most Reverend Pierre-André Fournier |
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| Archbishop of Rimouski | |
| See | Rimouski |
| Installed | September 28, 2008 |
| Term ended | January 10, 2015 |
| Predecessor | Bertrand Blanchet |
| Successor | Denis Grondin (designate) |
| Other posts | Auxiliary Bishop of Quebec (2005–2008) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 10, 1967 |
| Consecration | April 10, 2005 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 8, 1943 Plessisville, Quebec |
| Died | January 10, 2015 (aged 71) Rimouski, Quebec |
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Pierre-André Fournier (June 8, 1943 – January 10, 2015) was a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the sixth Archbishop of Rimouski.
The third of nine children, Pierre-André Fournier was born to Joseph-Eudore Fournier and Jeannette Marquis in Plessisville, Quebec. He attended Collège Saint-Édouard and Collège de Lévis before entering the Grand Seminary of Quebec in 1963, later earning a Licentiate in Theology from Université Laval. He was ordained to the priesthood by cardinal Maurice Roy on June 10, 1967.
He furthered his studies in English in the United States, after which he earned a Master's degree in pastoral studies from Université de Sherbrooke. He then did pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Quebec, also serving as parish priest of Saint-Roch (1983–1995), member of the Social Affairs Committee of the Assembly of Quebec Catholic Bishops (1987–1993), and parish administrator of Saint-Pascal-de-Maizerets (1995–1997). From 1998 to 2003, he was parish priest of Notre-Dame-de-Foy, Saint-Denys, Sainte-Geneviève, and Saint-Mathieu. In August 2003, he became pastoral director and episcopal vicar of the Quebec Archdiocese.
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