Georges Gauthier

Georges Gauthier (9 October 1871 – 31 August 1940) was a French Canadian Archbishop of Montreal and the first rector of the Université de Montréal.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of François-Xavier Gauthier and Marie Généreux, he was ordained a Priest in 1894 and ordained a Bishop in 1912. On 20 September 1939, he was appointed the third Archbishop of Montreal and served until his death in 1940.

In 1917, he was appointed Vice-Rector of the Université Laval à Montréal and when it became an independent school in 1920 he served as the first rector until 1923.

References

"Catholic-Hierarchy profile". http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgautg.html. Retrieved March 6, 2006.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Louis Joseph Napoléon Paul Bruchési	Archbishop of Montreal 1939–1940	Succeeded by Joseph Charbonneau

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Name	Gauthier, Georges
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Date of birth	9 October 1871
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Date of death	31 August 1940
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