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Ignace Bourget (October 30, 1799 – June 8, 1885) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest who held the title of Bishop of Montreal from 1840 to 1876. Born in Lévis, Quebec, in 1799, Bourget entered the clergy at an early age, undertook several courses of religious study, and in 1837 was named co-adjutor bishop of the newly created bishopric of ...
Ignace Bourget est le fondateur d'un périodique, Les Mélanges religieux, qui parait à Montréal de 1841 à 1852. Il est également l'auteur de mandements, d'ordonnances, de lettres pastorales et circulaires, de manuels, de biographies, d'allocutions, de discours, de mémoires et d'essais.
Feb 24, 2008 · Ignace Bourget, second Roman Catholic bishop of Montréal (b at Lauzon, Qué 30 Oct 1799; d at Sault-au-Récollet, Qué 8 June 1885). Bourget studied theology and taught at the Séminaire de Nicolet for 3 years before being appointed secretary to Bishop Jean-Jacques Lartigue in 1821, who ordained him in 1822.
Bourget, whom a new pope, Pius IX, was to regard as the guiding spirit of the Canadian episcopate (as he said in confidence in 1847 to the founder of the Oblates, Bishop Charles-Joseph-Eugène de Mazenod), was not satisfied merely with promoting fruitful developments in his own diocese.
- Philippe Sylvain
- BOURGET, IGNACE
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 11
Bourget, IGNACE.—first Bishop of Montreal, P. Q., Canada, and titular Archbishop of Martianopolis, b. at Point Levis, Province of Quebec, October 30, 1799; d. at Sault-au-Recollet, near Montreal, June 8, 1885.
Lartigue recommended Bourget to Rome and on 25 July 1837 Bourget was installed as his coadjutor with right of succession, which took effect at Lartigue's death ...
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Learn about the life and achievements of Bishop Ignace Bourget, who led the Catholic Church in Montreal from 1840 to 1876. He founded several religious communities, promoted lay involvement, and faced social and political challenges.
