Maurice Roy

Cardinal Maurice Roy, CC, OBE ( born January 25, 1905 in Quebec City, Canada, † October 24, 1985 ibid ) was Archbishop of Quebec.

Life

Maurice Roy studied in Quebec City, Paris and Rome, the subjects Catholic theology and philosophy. He received on 12 June 1927, the sacrament of Holy Orders by the Bishop of Nicolet, Quebec City, Joseph -Simon- Herman Brunault, and worked after the completion of ongoing studies from 1930 as a lecturer at the Department of Laval. During the Second World War he was the senior chaplain from the military chaplains for the Canadian soldiers.

Pope Pius XII. appointed him on 22 February 1946 Bishop of Trois Rivières. The Episcopal ordination on May 1, 1946 received by the Archbishop Maurice Roy of Quebec, Jean -Marie- Rodrigue Villeneuve Cardinal; Were co-consecrators Albini Lafortune, Bishop of Nicolet, and Arthur Douville, Bishop of Saint- Hyacinthe. Shortly thereafter, on 8 June, he was also appointed as Military Bishop for Canada.

On 2 June 1947, Maurice Roy, Archbishop of Quebec, in 1956 awarded him the Pope the title of " Primate of Canada ." Maurice Roy participated in the years 1962-1965 at the Second Vatican Council. Pope Paul VI. took him on 22 February 1965 as cardinal priest with the titular church of Nostra Signora del Holy Sacrament and Saints Martyrs canadesi in the College of Cardinals, and gave him in addition to his role as chief shepherd of the Archdiocese of Quebec City on January 6, 1967, the head of the Pontifical Commission " Justitia et Pax " and the Pontifical Council for the Laity. In 1973, Maurice Cardinal Roy beyond President of the Pontifical Committee for the family. Roy laid on 16 December 1976, first down the line of the three Kurialbehörden. In 1981, John Paul II and the resignation of the head of the Archdiocese of Quebec, 1982 to the tasks of the Canadian military bishop.

He died on 24 October 1985 in Quebec and was buried in the local cathedral.