Second Archbishop of Montreal. Louis Joseph Napoléon Paul Bruchési, son of Paul Dominique Bruchési and Marie Caroline Aubry, was baptized at the Basilique Nôtre-Dame de Montréal on the day of his birth. He was raised in Montreal but received his theological schooling in Rome, where he was ordained on December 21, 1878. In 1897, he was appointed Archbishop of Montreal by Pope Leo XIII, succeeding Archbishop Édouard-Charles Fabre. The crowning achievement of his term as Archbishop may have been the Twenty-first International Eucharistic Conference which was held at Montreal in September 1910. His term was not without controversy, however. He is believed to have led the opposition to the donation of a library to Montreal by American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1901. After 1921, illness made it difficult for Bruchési to perform his duties. Those were largely carried out by the man who would eventually succeed him, Bishop Georges Gauthier. Paul Bruchési served as Archbishop of Montreal from his appointment in 1897 until his death in 1939. Originally buried at the Cathédrale de Saint Jacques of Montréal, after the site was acquired by the Université du Québec and demolished in 1973, his remains were transferred to a funeral chapel at Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral in the same city.
Second Archbishop of Montreal. Louis Joseph Napoléon Paul Bruchési, son of Paul Dominique Bruchési and Marie Caroline Aubry, was baptized at the Basilique Nôtre-Dame de Montréal on the day of his birth. He was raised in Montreal but received his theological schooling in Rome, where he was ordained on December 21, 1878. In 1897, he was appointed Archbishop of Montreal by Pope Leo XIII, succeeding Archbishop Édouard-Charles Fabre. The crowning achievement of his term as Archbishop may have been the Twenty-first International Eucharistic Conference which was held at Montreal in September 1910. His term was not without controversy, however. He is believed to have led the opposition to the donation of a library to Montreal by American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1901. After 1921, illness made it difficult for Bruchési to perform his duties. Those were largely carried out by the man who would eventually succeed him, Bishop Georges Gauthier. Paul Bruchési served as Archbishop of Montreal from his appointment in 1897 until his death in 1939. Originally buried at the Cathédrale de Saint Jacques of Montréal, after the site was acquired by the Université du Québec and demolished in 1973, his remains were transferred to a funeral chapel at Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral in the same city.
Bio by: Anne Philbrick
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