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Télesphore (other)
Télesphore may refer to: People *Jacques Telesphore Roman (1800–1848), Louisiana businessman, sugar planter and builder of Oak Alley Plantation *Télesphore Fournier PC (1823–1896), Canadian politician and jurist *Télesphore Simard (mayor) (1878–1955), Canadian politician, serving as Mayor of Quebec City *Télesphore Simard (MNA) (1863–1924), Canadian politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Témiscamingue *Telesphore Toppo (born 1939), Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Ranchi in the Roman Catholic Church *Télesphore-Damien Bouchard (1881–1962), politician in Quebec, Canada *Télesphore-Eusèbe Normand Télesphore-Eusèbe Normand (August 18, 1832 – April 3, 1918) was a politician from Quebec, Canada. Background He was born on August 18, 1832, in Quebec City. He was a notary. He was married to Alphonsine Giroux in 1856 and to Marie Du ..., politician from Quebec, Canada Places * Saint-Télesphore, Quebec, municipality located in Quebe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Telesphore Roman
Jacques Telesphore Roman (March 22, 1800 – April 11, 1848) was a 19th-century Louisiana businessman, sugar planter, and builder of the Oak Alley Plantation. Early years Born near Opelousas, Louisiana, the son of Jacques Etienne Roman of Grenoble, France, and Marie Louise Patin, Jacques Telesphore Roman and his family later moved to St. James Parish and engaged in the lucrative sugar trade. As the Roman family achieved greater prominence as leaders in society, their activities alternated between their sugar plantations in St. James Parish and elegant dwellings in New Orleans. Among the latter was the house now known as Madame John's Legacy on Rue Dumaine – which was purchased by Jacques Etienne's widow for herself and her bachelor sons shortly after her husband's death. From here Jacques Telesphore Roman began his courtship of Celina Pilie, whose prominent family lived around the corner on Royal Street. They were married on June 14, 1834. Oak Alley At this point, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Télesphore Fournier
Télesphore Fournier, (August 5, 1823 – May 10, 1896) was a Canadian politician, lawyer, and justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Born in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada, Fournier read law in the early 1840s and was called to the bar in 1846. He was acclaimed to the House of Commons of Canada in 1870 and served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie as Minister of Inland Revenue, Justice and Attorney General, Postmaster General. In 1875, Mackenzie appointed Fournier as one of the first six justices of the newly established Supreme Court of Canada. He served on the Court for 19 years until his retirement in 1895 and died less than a year later, in 1896. Early life Born in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada (now Quebec), the son of Guillaume Fournier and Marie-Archange Morin, he was called to the bar in 1846. From 1855 to 1859, he was the co-owner and co-editor of the newspaper, ''Le National de Québec''. Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Télesphore Simard (mayor)
Télesphore Simard may refer to: * Télesphore Simard (Témiscamingue politician) (1863–1924), member of Legislative Assembly of Quebec in Témiscamingue riding * Télesphore Simard (Quebec City politician) (1878–1955), mayor of Quebec City {{hndis, Simard, Telesphore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telesphore Toppo
Telesphore Placidus Toppo (15 October 1939 – 4 October 2023) was an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church and a member of the aboriginal tribal community who was archbishop of the Archdiocese of Ranchi from 1985 to 2018, after serving as coadjutor there for a year. He was bishop of Dumka from 1978 to 1984. He was made a cardinal in 2003, the first from India's tribal population. A polyglot, Toppo spoke Sadri, Oraon (mother tongues), Hindi (official language), English and Italian. Biography Telesphore Placidus Toppo was born in Chainpur, in the state of Bihar and now in Jharkhand, India, on 15 October 1939, the eighth of ten children. He and his family belonged to Adivasi (indigenous tribal) community. Toppo studied at St. Xavier's College, Ranchi, and theology at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome. He was ordained priest on 3 May 1969 by Bishop Franz von Streng. After a stint at Torpa (Jharkhand), as Headmaster of St Joseph's School and Director of the Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Télesphore-Damien Bouchard
Télesphore-Damien Bouchard (December 20, 1881 – November 13, 1962) was a politician in Quebec, Canada. Born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, he was the mayor of the municipality from 1917 to 1930 and from 1932 to 1944 and president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities in 1918. He also founded the Union des municipalités de la province de Québec (Federation of municipalities in the province of Quebec) in 1919. He served as Liberal leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1936 to 1939, after Liberal leader Adélard Godbout lost the 1936 election and also narrowly lost his own seat. Bouchard served as opposition leader while Godbout remained leader of the Liberal Party. After the Liberals returned to power in the 1939 election, he served in Godbout's cabinet. Resigned in 1944 when he was appointed to the Senate, where he remained until his death. Overall, he was the MLA for the district of Saint-Hyacinthe from 1912 to 1919 and from 1923 to 1944. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Télesphore-Eusèbe Normand
Télesphore-Eusèbe Normand (August 18, 1832 – April 3, 1918) was a politician from Quebec, Canada. Background He was born on August 18, 1832, in Quebec City. He was a notary. He was married to Alphonsine Giroux in 1856 and to Marie Dufresne in 1893. Mayor of Trois-Rivières Normand served as a Council member from 1861 to 1865 and as a Mayor of Trois-Rivières from 1873 to 1876 and from 1889 to 1894. Provincial Politics He ran as a Liberal candidate in the district of Champlain in 1867 and 1871. Each time he lost. He also lost an 1876 by-election as a Conservative in the district of Trois-Rivières. However he won the general election in the same district in 1890 and 1892. The 1892 general election was cancelled, but he won the by-election that followed. He was re-elected in 1897, but did not run for re-election in 1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |