Joseph-Alfred Archambeault

Joseph-Alfred Archambeault (May 23, 1859 April 25, 1913) was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop in Canada. He was the first bishop of Joliette, Quebec. He was born into an upper-class family in the village of L'Assomption, then in Lower Canada.

Joseph-Alfred Archambeault
Bishop of Joliette
circa 1900
DioceseJoliette
Installed1904
Term ended1913
SuccessorJoseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes
Personal details
Birth nameJoseph-Hector-Alfred Archambeault
Born(1859-05-23)May 23, 1859
L’Assomption, Lower Canada
DiedApril 25, 1913(1913-04-25) (aged 53)
Saint-Thomas, Quebec

References

    • (in French) Elie-J. Auclair. Figures canadiennes, Montréal, 1933.
    • (in French) Soeurs de la Providence (Montréal, Québec) À la mémoire vénérée de Sa Grandeur Monseigneur Joseph-Alfred Archambeault, premier évêque de Joliette, supérieur ecclesiastique de l'Institut des Filles de la Charité Servantes des Pauvres, dites Soeurs de la Providence, de 1891 à 1904 [s.l. : s.n., 1913?] 88 p., [2] feuillets de planches : portr. ; 22 cm.
    • Catholic-Hierarchy [self-published]
    • "Joseph-Alfred Archambeault". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.


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