Georges Cabana

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Georges Cabana
Archbishop of Sherbrooke
Diocese	Sherbrooke
Installed	May 28, 1952
Term ended	February 7, 1967
Predecessor	Philippe Desranleau
Successor	Jean-Marie Fortier
Orders
Ordination	July 28, 1918
Personal details
Born	(1894-10-23)October 23, 1894 Granby, Quebec
Died	February 6, 1986(1986-02-06) (aged 91) Sherbrooke, Quebec
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Georges Cabana (October 23, 1894 – February 6, 1986) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and Archbishop of Sherbrooke from 1952 to 1967.

Born in Granby, Quebec, Cabana studied at the Séminaire Saint-Charles-Borromée de Sherbrooke, Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe, and the Grand Séminaire de Montréal. He was ordained a priest in 1918. In 1941, he was made Titular Archbishop of Anchialus and was Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba.

In 1952, he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Sherbrooke and became the Archbishop of Sherbrooke in 1952. He attended the Second Vatican Council and was a member of the Coetus Internationalis Patrum.

He resigned in 1967 and was appointed Titular Archbishop of Succuba. He died in 1986.

References

Fonds Georges Cabana (French)

External links

Catholic-Hierarchy entry

Authority control	VIAF: 105630532

Persondata
Name	Cabana, Georges
Alternative names
Short description	Catholic bishop
Date of birth	October 23, 1894
Place of birth	Granby, Quebec
Date of death	February 6, 1986
Place of death	Sherbrooke, Quebec

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