Maurice Baudoux (July 10, 1902 – July 1, 1988) was a

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priest and the Archbishop of Saint Boniface, Manitoba, Canada. Born in

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, he came to Canada when he was nine. He studied at Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface, an Edmonton seminary, and at

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where he received his doctorate in theology. He was ordained in 1929 and was a Priest in

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. From 1948 to 1952, he was the first Bishop of Saint Paul, Alberta. He became

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in 1955. He resigned in 1974. In 1979, he was made an Officer of the

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"in recognition of the fifty years he devoted to the promotion of the French fact in western Canada through his work with many religious, cultural and educational organizations". In 1980, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from the

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