Antoine Racine
Appearance
Antoine Racine | |
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Sherbrooke | |
Archdiocese | Sherbrooke |
Installed | September 1, 1874 |
Term ended | July 17, 1893 |
Predecessor | Diocese erected on August 28, 1874 |
Successor | Paul LaRocque |
Orders | |
Ordination | September 12, 1844 |
Personal details | |
Born | Saint-Ambroise (Loretteville), Lower Canada | January 26, 1822
Died | July 17, 1893 Sherbrooke, Quebec | (aged 71)
Antoine Racine (January 26, 1822 – July 17, 1893) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and the 1st Bishop of Sherbrooke from 1874 to 1893. He is buried in the Cathedral in Sherbrooke.
Séminaire Saint-Charles-Borromée (known as St. Charles Seminary in English) was founded by Racine in 1875, the year after he became the first Bishop of Sherbrooke.[1] A degree-granting institution, perhaps its most famous alumnus was Prime Minister of Canada Louis St. Laurent, who graduated in 1902.
He is the namesake of Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue parish, also known as St-Antoine-de-Lennoxville.[2]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- "Antoine Racine". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- Antoine Racine at Find a Grave