François-Xavier Brunet Explained

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.

Biography

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.