Georges Cabana | |
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Archbishop of Sherbrooke | |
Diocese | Sherbrooke |
Installed | May 28, 1952 |
Term ended | February 7, 1967 |
Predecessor | Philippe Desranleau |
Successor | Jean-Marie Fortier |
Orders | |
Ordination | July 28, 1918 |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | February 6, 1986 Sherbrooke, Quebec | (aged 91)
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Georges Cabana (October 23, 1894 – February 6, 1986) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and Archbishop of Sherbrooke from 1952 to 1967.
Born in Granby, Quebec, Cabana studied at the Séminaire Saint-Charles-Borromée de Sherbrooke, Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe, and the Grand Séminaire de Montréal. He was ordained a priest in 1918. In 1941, he was made Titular Archbishop of Anchialus and was Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba.
In 1952, he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Sherbrooke and became the Archbishop of Sherbrooke in 1952. He attended the Second Vatican Council and was a member of the Coetus Internationalis Patrum.
He resigned in 1967 and was appointed Titular Archbishop of Succuba. He died in 1986.
References
- Fonds Georges Cabana (in French)