Georges Cabana Explained

Georges Cabana
Archbishop Of:Archbishop of Sherbrooke
Diocese:Sherbrooke
Enthroned:May 28, 1952
Ended:February 7, 1967
Predecessor:Philippe Desranleau
Successor:Jean-Marie Fortier
Ordination:July 28, 1918
Birth Date:23 October 1894
Birth Place:Granby, Quebec
Death Place:Sherbrooke, Quebec
Religion:Roman Catholic

Georges Cabana (October 23, 1894  - February 6, 1986) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and Archbishop of Sherbrooke from 1952 to 1967.

Born in Granby, Quebec, Cabana studied at the Séminaire Saint-Charles-Borromée de Sherbrooke, Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe, and the Grand Séminaire de Montréal. He was ordained a priest in 1918. In 1941, he was made Titular Archbishop of Anchialus and was Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba.

In 1952, he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Sherbrooke and became the Archbishop of Sherbrooke in 1952. He attended the Second Vatican Council and was a member of the Coetus Internationalis Patrum.

He resigned in 1967 and was appointed Titular Archbishop of Succuba. He died in 1986.

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