François-Xavier Brunet | |
Bishop Of: | Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Quebec |
Diocese: | Mont-Laurier |
Enthroned: | August 6, 1913 |
Ended: | January 7, 1922 |
Predecessor: | Diocese erected in 1913. |
Successor: | Joseph-Eugène Limoges |
Ordination: | September 23, 1893 |
Birth Date: | 27 November 1868 |
Birth Place: | Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Quebec |
Death Place: | Montreal, Quebec |
François-Xavier Brunet (November 27, 1868 - January 7, 1922) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and bishop of Mont-Laurier, Quebec.
Baptized in the parish of Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Quebec, he moved to Ottawa in 1873. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1890 from the College of Ottawa. He then decided to become a priest and studied theology at the Grand Séminaire d'Ottawa.
Brunet was consecrated by Archbishop Joseph-Thomas Duhamel of Ottawa in 1893. In 1913, he was appointed the first bishop of the new diocese of Mont-Laurier, which was created from parts of the Archdiocese of Montréal and the Archdiocese of Ottawa.
He died in Montreal in 1922.