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Order in College: |
Cardinal Priest |
| With Title:
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St. Mary in Traspontina |
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Native Country: |
Canada |
| Appointed by:
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John Paul II
on 21 October 2003 |
| Ecclesiastical
Office:
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Archbishop of Quebec, Canada |
| Papal Elector:
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Eligible;
Ineligible on
8 June 2024 |
Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., was born in Quebec on June 8, 1944. He was rector and professor at many major seminaries in Canada from 1972 until 1997. On March 3, 2001, he was elected bishop of Agropolu and was appointed secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. He was created a cardinal on October 21, 2003. His titular church is St. Mary in Traspontina. He became archbishop of the metropolitan and primatial see of Quebec on November 15, 2003. |
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