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Louis Joseph Napoléon Paul Bruchési (October 29, 1855 – September 20, 1939) was a Canadian
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, the second Archbishop of Montreal. In 1910 he directed the 21st International Eucharistic Congress held in Montreal.


Life

Louis-Joseph-Paul-Napoléon Bruchési was born on October 29, 1855, in
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,
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, one of seven children born to Paul and Caroline Aubry Bruchési. His father was a grocer. He attended the
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before studying at seminaries in Issy and St. Sulpice in Paris. Bruchési resided at the
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while continuing his studies at the
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. He was ordained as a priest in 1878 by Cardinal La Valletta,"Bruchési, Most Reverend Paul", ''The Catholic Encyclopedia and Its Makers'', New York, the Encyclopedia Press, 1917, p. 20
/ref> with a special dispensation as he was underage.
/ref> Bruchési served as secretary to Archbishop Fabre. He taught dogma for four years at the
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in Quebec, served as a parish priest, and from 1878 to 1887 as a professor at the Université Laval à Montréal. In 1887, he became the director of the diocesan magazine, ''La Semaine religieuse''. In 1890 Bruchési became chaplain to the convent of the Religious of the Sacred Heart. He became a cathedral canon in 1891, and vice-rector of Laval, Montreal. He was the ecclesiastical superior of the
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and archdeacon for the parochial affairs of the archdiocese. He served on the Commission representing Canada at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893.


Bishop

Bruchési was appointed archbishop in 1897. As archbishop, he promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart. He completed the Home for Incurables and
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. In 1898 he assisted with the establishment of the
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. He established St. John's Union for poor and infirm priests, and erected twenty-three parishes. During his tenure,
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was founded by Saint
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.Robillard, Denise. "Bessette, Alfred, named Brother André", ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography'', University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2005
/ref> In 1904 the
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was erected from Montreal. Archbishop Bruchési directed the 21st International Eucharistic Congress held in Montreal in 1910. More than a hundred studies on the Blessed Eucharist — in relation to dogma, moral, history, discipline, pious practices, devotions, and associations — were read and discussed.
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, Archbishop of Baltimore, preached at the High Mass on 11 September.Auclair, Elie. "Archdiocese of Montreal." The Catholic Encyclopedia
Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 14 February 2023
It was Under Bruchési's leadership that in 1919 the University of Montreal became an autonomous institution."Archbishop Paul Bruchési (1897-1939)", Archdiocese of Montreal
/ref> He was a member of the Royal Society of Canada, and a contributor to ''Semaine Religieuse'' and the '' Catholic Encyclopedia''. In 1919, Bruchési was admitted to Hôtel-Dieu hospital with an unidentified illness. In the face of failing health, on October 18, 1921, auxiliary bishop Msgr. Georges Gauthier was appointed Apostolic Administrator. Archbishop Bruchési died on September 20, 1939, at the age of 84. In all, Paul Bruchési was a priest for over 60 years and a bishop for 40 years.


References

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