The Most Reverend Alphonse-Osias Gagnon

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Mgr Alphone-Osias Gagnon was a priest and a Bishop of Sherbrooke. He was ordained in 1883 and studied in Paris for a Masters of Arts degree from 1895-1897. He then held teaching positions at the Séminaire in Canada. He was appointed Titular Bishop of Pegae and was appointed Bishop of Sherbrooke in 1927, serving until his death in 1941.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse-Osias_Gagnon

http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgagnona.html