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Albini LeBlanc

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Albini LeBlanc
Bishop of Gaspé
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Gaspé
In office 22 December 1945 – 17 May 1957
Predecessor François-Xavier Ross
Successor Paul Bernier
Previous post Bishop of Hearst (1940-1945)
Orders
Ordination 15 May 1921
by Edouard Alfred LeBlanc
Consecration 11 February 1941
by Louis-Joseph-Arthur Melanson
Personal details
Born 1 May 1894
Bouctouche, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada, British Empire
Died 17 May 1957 (aged 63)

Albini LeBlanc (born 1 May 1894 in Bouctouche; died 17 May 1957) was a Canadian clergyman and prelate for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaspé. He was appointed bishop in 1940 in Hearst, Ontario, and to his later post in 1945. He died in 1957.[1]

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