Paul Bruchési
Catholic archbishop (1855–1939)
Louis Joseph Napoléon Paul Bruchési (October 29, 1855 – September 20, 1939) was a Canadian prelate, the second Archbishop of Montreal. In 1910 he directed the 21st International Eucharistic Congress held in Montreal.
Life
Louis-Joseph-Paul-Napoléon Bruchési was born on October 29, 1855, in Montreal, Quebec, one of seven children born to Paul and Caroline Aubry Bruchési. His father was a grocer. He attended the Petit Séminaire de Montréal before studying at seminaries in Issy and St. Sulpice in Paris. Bruchési resided at the Pontifical French Seminary while continuing his studies at the Roman College. He was ordained as a priest in 1878 by Cardinal La Valletta, with a special dispensation as he was underage.
Bruchési served as secretary to Archbishop Fabre. He taught dogma for four years at the Université Laval in Quebec, served as a parish priest, and from 1878 to 1887 as a professor at the Université Laval à Montréal.
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