Jean-Marie Fortier was a Canadian

Canada

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 Roman Catholic priest, Bishop of Gaspé

Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaspé

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaspé is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rimouski.-Ordinaries:*François-Xavier Ross *Albini LeBlanc *Paul Bernier *Jean-Marie Fortier...

, and Archbishop of Sherbrooke

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sherbrooke

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Born in Quebec City

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, Quebec

Quebec

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, Fortier was ordained a priest in 1944. In 1960, he was appointed Titular Bishop of Pomaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec. In 1965, he was appointed Bishop of Gaspé and was made Archbishop of Sherbrooke in 1968. He retired in 1996 and died in 2002.