Martin Veillette

Martin Veillette ( born November 16, 1936 in La Tuque ) is a Canadian priest and emeritus Bishop of Trois Rivières.

Life

Martin Veillette received on 12 June 1960, and was ordained priest incardinated in the clergy of the diocese of Trois Rivières. Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop on 17 October 1986 in Trois Rivières, and Titular Bishop of Valabria.

The Archbishop of Quebec, Louis -Albert Cardinal Vachon, consecrated him on 13 December of the same year the bishop; Were co-consecrators Laurent Noël, Bishop of Trois Rivières, and Jean -Guy Hamelin, Bishop of Rouyn -Noranda.

On November 21, 1996, he was appointed Bishop of Trois Rivières. On 1 February 2012, Pope Benedict XVI. the Martin Veillette put forward reasons of age resignation to.