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Charles-Hugues Gauthier

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His Excellency

Charles-Hugues Gauthier
Archbishop of Ottawa
ChurchRoman Catholic
ArchdioceseOttawa
Installed1911
Term ended1922
PredecessorJoseph-Thomas Duhamel
SuccessorJoseph-Médard Émard
Personal details
BornNovember 13, 1843
Alexandria, Upper Canada
DiedJanuary 19, 1922
Ottawa, Ontario

Charles-Hughes Gauthier (November 13, 1843 - January 19, 1922) was a Canadian Roman Catholic Priest who served as the Archbishop of Kingston and Ottawa.

Born in Alexandria, Upper Canada, he was of Scottish and French Canadian parentage. He graduated from Regiopolis College with high honours in 1863 and later studied theology at the Grand Seminaire, in Montreal.[1] Gauthier was ordained a priest in 1867, and in 1898 was ordained as the archbishop of Kingston. He was the Archbishop of Ottawa and the Chancellor of the University of Ottawa from 1911 until his death in 1922.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Biography – GAUTHIER, CHARLES HUGH – Volume XV (1921-1930) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  2. ^ "Archbishop Charles Hugh Gauthier [Catholic-Hierarchy]". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
Academic offices
Preceded by Chancellor of the University of Ottawa
1911-1922
Succeeded by