CARDINAL PAUL-ÉMILE LEGER (1904-1991)
CARDINAL PAUL-EMILE LÉGER (1904-1991) By Bernard Bujold - Paul-Émile Léger died on 13 November 1991 and to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his death, a special ceremony was celebrated on this date in 2016 at the Marie Reine du Monde Cathedral. I am not a Catholic practitioner but I have several friends who are; and I love visiting the churches that I consider to be buildings worthy of the best museums in the world with exceptional works of art. I therefore accepted the invitation to attend the ceremony in honor of Cardinal Léger. If I have never met Cardinal Leger in person, but I had the pleasure of being invited to dinner by Jules Léger, the Cardinal's brother. A memorable souvenir... I was then a young journalist and Mr. Léger was the Governor General of Canada. Cardinal Léger was a man of the Quebec Church who was nicknamed "The Prince of the Church". He was Archbishop of Montreal from 1950 to 1967 and Cardinal. He was noticed by Montrealers as the ...