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Canadian Catholic bishop (1927–2018)
Eugène LaRocque
Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria-Cornwall
InstalledSeptember 15, 1974
Term endedApril 27, 2002
PredecessorAdolphe E. Proulx
SuccessorPaul-André Durocher
Orders
OrdinationJune 7, 1952
ConsecrationSeptember 3, 1974
Personal details
Born(1927-03-27)March 27, 1927
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
DiedDecember 16, 2018(2018-12-16) (aged 91)
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Ordination history of
Eugène Philippe LaRocque
History
Priestly ordination
Date7 June 1952
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorGerald Emmett Carter
Co-consecratorsJean-Marie Fortier,
Philip Francis Pocock
Date3 September 1974
PlaceTecumseh, Ontario

Eugène Philippe LaRocque (27 March 1927 – 16 December 2018) was a Canadian Catholic priest, and Bishop of Alexandria-Cornwall from 1974 to 2002.

LaRocque served as State Chaplain for the Knights of Columbus in Ontario from 1977 to 1987, and President of Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario from 1993 to 1997.

References

  1. "Bishop Eugène Philippe LaRocque". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  2. "Death of The Most Reverend Eugène Philippe LaRocque Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria-Cornwall". Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
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