Raúl Corriveau
| The Most Reverend Raúl Corriveau PME | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Choluteca | |
| Archdiocese | Tegucigalpa |
| Diocese | Choluteca |
| Installed | April 14, 1984 |
| Term ended | December 17, 2005 |
| Predecessor | Marcelo Gérin y Boulay |
| Successor | Guido Plante |
| Previous post | Coadjutor Bishop of Choluteca (1980–1984) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | July 1, 1956 by Lionel Audet |
| Consecration | December 8, 1980 by Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, Marcelo Gérin y Boulay, Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 27, 1930 Buckland, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | December 30, 2025 (aged 95) Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| Motto | Servir En Comunion |
Raúl Corriveau, PME (Latin: Iosephus Realis Radulfus Corriveau;[1] June 27, 1930 – December 30, 2025) was a Canadian Roman Catholic prelate who was Bishop of Choluteca in Honduras from 1984 to 2005.
Raúl Corriveau was born in Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, Quebec, on June 27, 1930. He joined the Society of Foreign Missions of Quebec. He was ordained a priest on July 1, 1956.
As of 1980 he was serving as vicar general of the Diocese of Les Cayes in Haiti, when he was named coadjutor bishop with right of succession by Pope John Paul II on August 25, 1980.[1]
Corriveau was ordained to the episcopate by the Salesian Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, on December 8, 1980. The co-consecrators were Marcel Gérin y Boulay, Bishop of Choluteca, and Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, then an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa.
He replaced Gérin y Boulays as Bishop of Choluteca on April 14, 1984, in Honduras, following Boulays' retirement.
In 1997, he served as a member of the Special Assembly for America of the Synod of Bishops.[2]
His resignation was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI on December 17, 2005, having reached the ordinary retirement age of 75.[3] He remained in Honduras until 2021, when he returned to Canada. Corriveau died in Montreal on December 30, 2025, at the age of 95.[4]
References
- Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Sacra Congregatio Pro Episcopis (1980). "Acta SS. Congregationum" [Acts of the Sacred Congregation] (PDF). Acta Apostolicae Sedis. 72: 962. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
- Back to citation "Bulletin of the Commission for Information of the Special Assembly for America of the Synod of Bishops". www.vatican.va. Holy See. 27 November 1997. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
- Back to citation "RINUNCE E NOMINE". press.vatican.va (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 17 December 2005. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
- Back to citation "Fallece obispo emérito Raúl Corriveau de la Diócesis de Choluteca". Hondudiario.com (in Spanish). 30 December 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025.