Pierre-Adolphe Pinsoneault

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Bishop Pierre-Adolphe Pinsoneault, (also Pinsonnault or Pinsonault), (23 November 1815 – 30 January 1883), was born in Lower Canada and became a Roman Catholic priest in the Sulpician Order.

Pinsoneault served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of London, Ontario from (1856 - 1866) in an atmosphere of turbulence. There was an initial adverse reaction to a French-speaking bishop taking over the London church as the cathedral of the new diocese. A variety of events occurred, both with priests and parishioners during his tenure and, in 1866, Bishop Ignace Bourget as result of an earlier request by Pope Pius IX, asked for and received his resignation.

After his resignation, Bishop Pinsoneault was assigned as bishop to the Titular See of Birtha and resided in Albany, N.Y., until 1869. He then moved to Montreal where he performed various duties that required a bishop for the ultramontane Bishop Bouget.

He died at Montreal, Que. at the age of 67, his episcopacy a failure due largely to his disregard for others and his authoritarian style.