Gérard Pettipas Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific Prefix:The Most Reverend
Gérard Pettipas
Honorific Suffix:C.Ss.R.
Archbishop of Grouard–McLennan
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Grouard-McLennan
See:Grouard-McLennan
Appointed:30 November 2006
Predecessor:Arthé Guimond
Ordination:7 May 1977
Ordained By:Thomas Benjamin Fulton
Consecration:25 January 2007
Consecrated By:Luigi Ventura
Birth Name:Gérard Pettipas
Birth Date:1950 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Motto:Voluntas Dei sanctificatio vestra
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Gérard Pettipas.svg

Gérard Pettipas, C.Ss.R. (born September 6, 1950) is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is a member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists). He currently serves as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan.

Biography

Pettipas was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. At the age of 26, he was ordained a priest on May 7, 1977, by Bishop Thomas Benjamin Fulton, who at the time was the Titular Bishop of Cursola.

At the age of 56, he was appointed as archbishop of Grouard-McLennan by Pope Benedict XVI on November 30, 2006. He received his episcopal consecration on January 25, 2007, by Archbishop Luigi Ventura, who at the time was the Apostolic Nuncio to Canada; Bishop Denis Croteau, O.M.I., Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of MacKenzie-Fort Smith, North West Territories, Canada; and Bishop Gary Gordon, who at that time was Bishop of the Diocese of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.

Pettipas was the primary consecrator of Bishop Mark Andrew Hagemoen and Bishop Jon Hansen, C.Ss.R., both Bishops of the Diocese of MacKenzie-Fort Smith, North West Territories, Canada. And Pettipas was the co-consecrator of Bishop Héctor Felipe Vila, Bishop of the Diocese of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archbishop Gérard Pettipas, C.SS.R.. August 9, 2015. Catholic-Hierarchy.
  2. Web site: New Archbishop for Grouard-McLennan. November 29, 2006. August 9, 2015. Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.