Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Donald Pelletier | |
Bishop Emeritus of Morondava | |
Diocese: | Morondava |
Appointed: | 15 October 1999 |
Term End: | 26 February 2010 |
Predecessor: | Bernard Charles Ratsimamotoana |
Successor: | Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina |
Ordination: | 28 October 1956 |
Consecration: | 13 February 2000 |
Consecrated By: | Philibert Randriambololona |
Birth Name: | Donald Joseph Leo Pelletier |
Birth Date: | 17 June 1931 |
Birth Place: | Blackstone, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Death Place: | Enfield, New Hampshire, U.S. |
Religion: | Catholic Church |
Donald Joseph Leo Pelletier (June 17, 1931 – June 4, 2022) was an American Catholic prelate.
Pelletier was born in Blackstone, Massachusetts, and was ordained to the priesthood for the Missionaries of La Salette. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Morondava, Madagascar, from 2000 until his retirement in 2010. He celebrated the 60th anniversary of his priesthood in 2016.[1]
Pelletier died as a result of being struck by a car in Enfield, New Hampshire.[2]