1. Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve was a Canadian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
13 Facts About Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve
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Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve served as Archbishop of Quebec from 1931 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1933.
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Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve was born in Montreal, one of the three children of Rodrigue Villeneuve and Louise Lalonde.
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Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve completed his secondary studies at Mont-Saint-Louis, from where he obtained a diploma in science and commerce, in 1900.
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Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve professed his final vows on September 8,1903, and was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Joseph-Thomas Duhamel on May 25,1907.
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Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve served as a professor of canon law, liturgy, spirituality, and ecclesiastical history, and the Dean of Theology at the Scholasticate.
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Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve founded the School of Superior Ecclesiastical Studies, where he was made titular professor of canon law, in 1928.
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Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve was active in labor unions, civil rights, and contributed to Le Droit.
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On July 3,1930, Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve was appointed the first Bishop of Gravelbourg by Pope Pius XI.
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Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve was later named Archbishop of Quebec on December 11,1931.
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Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve was stricken by a heart attack on July 7,1946, while returning from Ile-a-la-Crosse, where he had taken part in the celebrations for the centennial of his order.
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Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve was opposed to freedom of the press, of thought, and of religion, and opposed women's suffrage, which passed in Quebec in 1940, as causing ruinous effects on family unity and the authority of the father.
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Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve viewed wearing shorts as an offense to Christian decency.