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.