Joseph-Bruno Guigues, was an Oblate

Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate is a missionary religious congregation in the Catholic Church. It was founded on January 25, 1816 by Saint Eugene de Mazenod, a French priest born in Aix-en-Provence in the south of France on August 1, 1782. The congregation was given recognition by Pope...

 priest, a teacher and became the first bishop of the diocese of Bytown (Ottawa)

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa

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 serving from (1847–1874). His consecration service in 1848 was performed by Rémi Gaulin

Rémi Gaulin

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, bishop of Kingston

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston

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It was said that Joseph-Eugène-Bruno Guigues was a simple man and as bishop he discharged the duties of parish priest, hearing confession in his cathedral, and visiting the sick. He stayed in touch with his diocese, touring it regularly and making himself available to the people of the parishes.