The Most Reverend Paul-Eugène Roy

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Paul-Eugène Roy was a professor, priest and archbishop of Quebec. he was 7th in a family of 20 children, 5 of whom would be become priests, including Camille Roy, rector of the Université Laval. He was ordained on 13 June, 1886. He was installed as archbishop on 18 July 1925 and served until 20 February 1926. On 17 April 1923, seriously ill with cancer, Roy entered the Hôpital Saint-François d’Assise, where he would remain until his death. Upon the death of archbishop Begin, Roy, despite his health, became archbishop. He ran the archdiocese from his hospital room and was very productive: he wrote a pastoral letter, seven circular letters, and an instruction to the clergy. He was very proud, near the end of his life, to communicate the encyclical Quas primas, by which Pius XI proclaimed the universal reign of Christ the King.

Paul-Eugène Roy published a number of books and articles, among them: L. A. Olivier (Lévis, Qué., 1891); “Le règne social du Sacré-Cœur,” Le Messager canadien du Sacré-Cœur (Montréal), 13 (1904): 248–52, 305–10, 357–63; L'Action sociale catholique et l'Œuvre de la presse catholique; motifs, programme, organisation, ressources (Québec, 1907); Discours religieux et patriotiques (Québec, 1926); Apôtres et apostolat (Québec, 1927); and D'une âme à une autre: correspondance spirituelle et familière avec une âme consacrée à Dieu (Montréal, 1927). He is also believed to be the author of Action sociale catholique et tempérance (Québec, 1927).

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http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_nbr=7857

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul-Eug%C3%A8ne_Roy