1. Maurice Roy's father was a judge, the dean of the faculty of law at the University of Laval, and a friend of Maurice Duplessis.
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Maurice Roy's mother was a descendant of the poet Napoleon Legendre.
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Maurice Roy obtained his licentiate in theology from the Universite Laval in 1927, and then studied at the Angelicum in Rome, receiving a doctorate in philosophy in 1929.
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Maurice Roy then taught dogmatic and sacramental theology and apologetics at Quebec's Grand Seminary until 1939.
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Maurice Roy worked as a chaplain to the University of Laval and to the Canadian Army during World War II.
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Maurice Roy served in the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany from 1939 to 1943 and attained the rank of colonel.
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Maurice Roy was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his "extremely courageous conduct" as a chaplain in the war.
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On February 22,1946, Maurice Roy was appointed Bishop of Trois Rivieres by Pope Pius XII.
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Maurice Roy became Bishop of the Catholic Military Vicariate of Canada on June 8 of the same year, later resigning from the post on March 12,1982, after thirty-five years of service.
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Maurice Roy was made Primate of the Canadian Church upon Quebec's elevation to that ecclesiastical rank on January 24,1956.
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Maurice Roy condemned the supposed miracles of Saint-Sylvestre in 1949, and prohibited Fr.
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Maurice Roy was named the first President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity and of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace on January 6,1967, and then first President of the Pontifical Council for the Family on January 11,1973.
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In 1971 Maurice Roy was made a Companion of the Order of Canada, and he resigned all three of his Curial posts on December 16,1976.
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Maurice Roy was a cardinal elector in the conclaves of August and October 1978, and stepped down as Quebec's archbishop on March 20,1981, after a period of thirty-three years.
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Maurice Roy died in his sleep at a hospital in Quebec, at age 80.
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Maurice Roy is buried in the crypt of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame.