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]   |
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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, t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Télesphore Fournier
Télesphore Fournier, (August 5, 1823 – May 10, 1896) was a Canadian politician, lawyer, and judge of the Supreme Court of Canada. 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. On July 22, 1857, he married Hermine-Eloïse Demers, and they had nine children: seven daughters and two sons. From 1855 to 1859, he was the co-owner and co-editor of the newspaper, ''Le National de Québec''. In an 1870 by-election, he was acclaimed as a Liberal Member of Parliament in the riding of Bellechasse. He was re-elected in 1872, 1873, and 1875. He held three ministerial positions: Minister of Inland Revenue (1873–1874), Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (1874–1875), and Postmaster General (1875). He tabled the bill to create the Supreme Court of Canada in February 1875. At that period of time, it was possible to be a Member of Parliament and a Mem ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Télesphore Simard (mayor)
Télesphore Simard (1878–1955)Louis-Marie Côté, Carmelle Gauvin, Gérald Sirois, ''Les maires de la Vieille Capitale'', Société historique de Québec, Québec, 1980, p. 72-73. was a Canadian businessman and politician, serving as mayor of Quebec City from December 1927 to March 1928. Biography He was the son of Louis Simard and Isabelle Brown. He studied at académie commerciale. After working in different stores, he opened in 1911 his own business, Simard et Carmichaël. He prospered and later bought the Syndicat de Lévis and several other stores in the clothing business. He was elected without opposition to the charge of alderman (''échevin'') in the Saint-Roch ward of Québec in the 1924 election and again in the 1926 election. After the resignation of mayor Valmont Martin, Simard became mayor when the city council chose him on 6 December 1927, to complete the mayoral term of office ending 1 March 1928. During his short administration, the city adopted bylaws f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Télesphore Simard (MNA)
Télesphore Simard (19 December 1863 – 1 October 1924) was a Canadian politician, the member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Témiscamingue riding from 1916 until his death in office in 1924. Educated at the Séminaire de Québec and the Université Laval, Simard went on to work as a surveyor for the Government of Quebec A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a .... Simard Lake in northwestern Quebec was named in his honour.Source: "Noms et lieux du Québec" (Names and places in Quebec), a work of "Commission de toponymie du Québec" (Toponymic Board of Quebec), published in 1994 and 1996 as of an illustrated dictionary, and on CD-ROM produced by Micro-Intel, in 1997, from this printed dictionary. References Quebec Liberal Party MNAs 1863 births ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Telesphore Toppo
Telesphore Placidus Toppo (born 15 October 1939) is an Indian Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal and was the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ranchi from 1984 until his resignation was accepted on 24 June 2018. A Polyglot (person), polyglot, Toppo speaks Sadri language, Sadri, Kurukh language, Oraon (mother tongues), Hindi (official language), English and Italian. Early life and ordination Toppo was born in Chainpur block, 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 community. He studied at St. Xavier's College, Ranchi, and theology at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome. He was ordained Catholic priesthood, priest on 3 May 1969 by Bishop Franz von Streng. Bishop After a stint at Torpa (Jharkhand), as Headmaster of St Joseph's School and Director of the Lievens Vocational Center, Toppo was named Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Dumka, Dumka and r ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 du 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 1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 cale ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |