His Excellency, The Most Reverend Louis Edward Gélineau |
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Bishop Emeritus of Providence | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Hartford |
Diocese | Providence |
Appointed | Decenber 6, 1971 |
Installed | January 26, 1972 |
Term ended | June 11, 1997 |
Predecessor | Russell McVinney |
Successor | Robert Edward Mulvee |
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Ordination | June 5, 1953 |
Consecration | January 26, 1972 by Robert Francis Joyce, Bernard Joseph Flanagan, and Edward Cornelius O'Leary |
Personal details | |
Born |
Burlington, Vermont |
May 3, 1928
Motto | Rejoice in hope |
Styles of Louis Edward Gélineau |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Louis Edward Gélineau (born May 3, 1928) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Providence from 1972 to 1997.
Louis Gelineau was born in Burlington, Vermont, to Leonidas and Juliette (née Baribault) Gelineau; he has an older brother, Robert. After attending St. Joseph's Elementary School and Cathedral High School in Burlington, he studied at St. Michael's College for two years before beginning his studies for the priesthood at St. Paul's University in Ottawa, Ontario, from where he later obtained a Licentiate of Sacred Theology and a Bachelor of Philosophy. He was ordained a priest on June 5, 1954, and then served as assistant pastor at All Saints Parish in Richford (1954–1956) and at St. Stephen Parish in Winooski (1956–1957).
Gelineau was sent to further his studies at the Catholic University of America in 1957, and later earned a Licentiate of Canon Law in 1959. Returning to the Diocese of Burlington, he was named assistant chancellor of the Diocese and secretary and master of ceremonies to Bishop Robert Francis Joyce. He also served as director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and assistant chaplain at De Goesbriand Memorial Hospital. He became chancellor of the Diocese in 1961 and was raised to the rank of Papal Chamberlain by Pope John XXIII. In 1968 he became vicar general of the Burlington Diocese and a Prelate of His Holiness.