Olivier Elzéar Mathieu (24 December 1853 – 26 October 1929) was a

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priest, academic, and Archbishop of Regina.

Biography

Born in Saint-Roch (Quebec City), the son of Joseph Mathieu and Marguerite Latouche, he studied at the Quebec Seminary and received a Doctor of Theology in 1878 from

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. He was ordained a priest by Cardinal

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in 1878 and was appointed professor of philosophy at Laval University. In 1882, he went to study in Borne, Italy and received a Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of the Academy of Saint Thomas. Returning to Quebec, he received a Master of Arts in 1889. From 1899 to 1908, he was Rector of Université Laval. Mathieu was appointed a

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(CMG) during the visit to Canada of TRH the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later

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and Queen Mary) in October 1901. He was later created a Knight of the

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. In 1911, he was appointed Bishop of Regina and Archbishop of Regina in 1915.

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