Type: | Bishop |
Georges-Léon Pelletier | |
Bishop of Trois-Rivières | |
Diocese: | Trois-Rivières |
Predecessor: | Maurice Roy |
Successor: | Laurent Noël |
Ordination: | June 24, 1931 |
Consecration: | September 24, 1943 |
Rank: | Bishop of Trois-Rivières |
Birth Name: | Georges-Léon Pelletier |
Birth Date: | 19 August 1904 |
Birth Place: | Saint-Épiphane, Quebec, Canada |
Death Place: | Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Georges-Léon Pelletier (19 August 1904 - 24 September 1987) was a Canadian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Bishop of Trois-Rivières from 1947 to 1975.[1] From Saint-Épiphane, Quebec, he was ordained in 1931. He was named bishop by Pius XII and consecrated auxiliary bishop of Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve in Quebec City. He succeeded Maurice Roy as Bishop of Trois-Rivières. In 1975, he resigned and Laurent Noël succeeded him. He died in 1987.