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Roy's father was Dean, Faculty of Law at Laval University and judge of Court of Magistrates. He was ordained in 1927 and elected bishop of Trois-Rivières, February 22, 1946. He was installed as Cardinal from 1946-1981. Roy was Chaplain, with the rank of captain, of the 22nd Royal Regiment, 1939; he served in Great Britain, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany, 1939-1943. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his "extremely courageous conduct" as a chaplain in the war. Roy was a military vicar of Canada from 1951 to 1982. He also visited the battle front of Korea. For his services at battlefronts, Roy was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1971.

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Was in the Canadian Army from 1939-1945 during the war