Bishop Michel Proulx, O. Praem.

Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick

Apostolic Administrator of Edmundston, New Brunswick

Motto: Sub Lumine Verbi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Oct 1962		Born
11 Apr 1982	19.5	Entered	Member of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines
6 Jun 1983	20.6	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines
22 Apr 1990	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines
28 Oct 2023	61.0	Appointed	Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick
25 Jan 2024	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick
15 Aug 2026	63.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada

MicroData Summary
Michel Proulx
Bishop Michel Proulx O. Praem.
(born 11 Oct 1962)
Bishop of Bathurst in Canada

Event Place
Birth Place Saint-Lambert, Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Québec, Québec
Ordained Bishop Sacré-Coeur, Cathedral, Bathurst, Diocese of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Bathurst in Canada.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R.
Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Valéry Vienneau
Archbishop Emeritus of Moncton, New Brunswick
Bishop Daniel Jodoin
Bishop of Nicolet, Québec

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R. (2019)
Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick
Archbishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. (1995)
Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario
Archbishop Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic † (1976)
Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario
Archbishop Philip Francis Pocock † (1944)
Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario
Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti † (1936)
Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

VIAF: 315983149
WikiData: Q123226425

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 28 Oct 2023
ob: JLB, 4 Nov 2023
c2+,~c3: CB, 5 Jan 2024
c3: CB, 20 Jan 2024
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 259, Number 21,388
aadm: Bollettino, 15 Aug 2026

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