Georges-Léon Pelletier

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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.^[1] 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.

Footnotes

Persondata
Name	Pelletier, Georges-Léon
Alternative names
Short description	Catholic Bishop
Date of birth	August 19, 1904
Place of birth	Saint-Épiphane, Quebec, Canada
Date of death	Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
Place of death	September 24, 1987

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