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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.
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.
Ignace Bourget, né à Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-Lévy (aujourd'hui la ville de Lévis) le 30 octobre 1799 et mort le 8 juin 1885 à Montréal, est un ecclésiastique québécois 1 . Devenu évêque de Montréal en 1840, il démissionne en 1876.
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.
Ignace Bourget’s forebear, Claude Bourget, was originally from the Beauce region around Chartres, France. On 28 June 1683 at Quebec City he married Marie, the daughter of Guillaume Couture*, a former donné of the Society of Jesus and a companion in captivity of Isaac Jogues*.
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.
BOURGET, IGNACE. Second bishop of Montreal, Canada; b. Saint-Joseph-de-L é vis, Canada, Oct. 30, 1799; d. Montreal, June 8, 1885. Bourget attended secondary school in Quebec and began his work in theology there, finishing it in Montreal under J. J. Lartigue, the auxiliary bishop to whom he was secretary. When Montreal became a diocese (1836), ...
