. The Catholic encyclopedia; an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church . ada, and titular Archbishop of Martianopolis, Point L^vis, Province of Quebec, 30 October, 1799;d. at Sault-au-RecoUet, near Montreal, 8 June, for his piety and learning, he playedthroughout sLxtyyears a potent part inthe religious, and evenin the civil, life ofCanada. Monseig-neur Bourget was theeleventh of thirteenchildren born to PierreBourget and Th^reseParadis. Sixty-twoyears of his life werespent in the priest-hood, almost fi
. The Catholic encyclopedia; an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church . ada, and titular Archbishop of Martianopolis, Point L^vis, Province of Quebec, 30 October, 1799;d. at Sault-au-RecoUet, near Montreal, 8 June, for his piety and learning, he playedthroughout sLxtyyears a potent part inthe religious, and evenin the civil, life ofCanada. Monseig-neur Bourget was theeleventh of thirteenchildren born to PierreBourget and Th^reseParadis. Sixty-twoyears of his life werespent in the priest-hood, almost fifty inthe episcopate, andfor nearly thirty-sixyears he administeredthe then extensiveDiocese of received his ele-mentary instructionat home and at thePoint L6vis school andafterwards took the regular course of studies at theSeminary of Quebec, where he was distinguished forhis strength of cliaractcr and brilliant intellect. Here,also, he studied tlienlogyfor two years, subsequentlyentering Nicollet (Jollege, where he received the sub-diaconate, 21 May, 1821, being chosen that sameyear by Archbishop Plessis of Quebec to act as. Ignace Bourget secretary to Bishop Lartigue of Montreal. Thua,even before receiving Holy orders, Ignace Bourgetwas launched upon an active life. On 23 November, 1821, he was made deacon and on 30 November, 1822, was ordained priest in the chapel of the Hotel-Dieu where he said his first Mass. The youngpriest soon won the entire confidence of his bishop,who, in 1836, named him vicar-general of the dio-cese. On 10 March, 1837, Pope Gregory XVI ap-pointed him coadjutor to Bishop Lartigue. and on25 July of the same year he was consecrated titularBishop of Telemessa in Lycia. He took ,on 23 April, 1840, of the See of Montreal, madevacant some two weeks previously by the death ofBishop Lartigue. Bishop Bourget inaugurated a retreat for theclergy of his diocese, 4 August, 1840; in the sameyear he carried out the desire of his predecessor b
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