Villeneuve, O. M. I., Jean - Marie - Rodrigue

(1883-1947)

Birth
November 2, 1883, Montréal, Canada.

Education
Joined the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, 1901, Lachine; professed, August 15, 1902. Oblate houses of studies in Canada; University of Ottawa, Ottawa.

Priesthood
Ordained, May 25, 1907, Ottawa. Faculty member of Catholic University of Ottawa, 1907-1919. Superior of Oblate Scholasticate, Ottawa, 1920-1930.

Episcopate
Elected bishop of Gravelbourg, July 3, 1930.

Consecrated, September 11, 1930, Ottawa, by Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes, archbishop of Ottawa. 

Promoted to metropolitan see of Québec, December 11, 1931.

Cardinalate
Created cardinal priest, March 13, 1933.

Received red hat and title of S. Maria degli Angeli, March 16, 1933. 

Papal legate to National Eucharistic Congress, Quéec, May 31, 1938. 

Participated in conclave of 1939. 

Papal legate to dedication of Sainte-Joan d'Arc's basilica, Domrémy, France, June 15, 1939.

Papal legate to Marian Congress, Guadalupe, México, September 24, 1945.

Death
January 17, 1947, Alhambra, California, United States. Buried, metropolitan cathedral, Québec.

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