Georges Gauthier (9 October 1871 – 31 August 1940) was a

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archbishop of Montreal and the first rector of the

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Born in

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, the son of François-Xavier Gauthier and Marie Généreux, he was ordained a priest in 1894 and ordained a bishop in 1912. On 20 September 1939, he was appointed the third archbishop of Montreal and served until his death in 1940. In 1917, he was appointed vice-rector of the Université Laval à Montréal and when it became an independent school in 1920 he served as the first rector until 1923.

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* 1871 births 1940 deaths Roman Catholic archbishops of Montreal Canadian university and college chief executives 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Canada {{Canada-RC-archbishop-stub