Paul-Émile Léger
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Paul-Émile Léger CC GOQ GCM PSS |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop emeritus of Montreal | |
| See | Montreal (Emeritus) |
| Installed | March 25, 1950 – April 20, 1968 |
| Predecessor | Joseph Charbonneau |
| Successor | Paul Grégoire |
| Other posts | Previously Rector of Pontifical Canadian College |
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| Created Cardinal | January 12, 1953 |
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| Born | April 26, 1904 Valleyfield, Canada |
| Died | 13 November 1991 (aged 87) Montreal, Canada |
| Motto |
Ipsa duce non fatigaris (With her (the Blessed Virgin Mary) leading, you shall not tire) |
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Styles of Paul-Émile Léger |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Montreal (emeritus) |
Paul-Émile Léger CC GOQ GCM PSS (April 26, 1904 – November 13, 1991) was a Canadian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Montreal from 1950 to 1968, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII.
Paul-Émile Léger was born in Valleyfield, Quebec, to Ernest and Alda (née Beauvais) Léger; his younger brother, Jules Léger, was Governor General of Canada from 1974 to 1980.
. From 1916 to 1925, he attended the Seminary of Sainte-Thérèse, but was forced to interrupt his studies for a period of four years due to illness. Léger entered the Jesuit novitiate at Sault-au-Récollet, but was considered too emotional to continue in that order.
After attending the Seminary of Montreal (from where he obtained a licentiate in theology in 1929), he was ordained to the priesthood on May 25, 1929. Léger then joined the Society of Saint-Sulpice, entering its novitiate in Issy-les-Moulineaux. He went on to study at the Catholic Institute of Paris, and received his doctorate in canon law in 1931.
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