Jean-Guy Hamelin
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Canadian Roman Catholic bishop
Jean-Guy Hamelin | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec | |
| Diocese | Rouyn-Noranda |
| Installed | 1949 |
| Term ended | 2001 |
| Predecessor | Diocese erected in 1973. |
| Successor | Dorylas Moreau |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 11, 1949 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1925 Saint-Sévérin-de-Proulxville, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 2018 (aged 92–93) Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Occupation | clergy |
| Profession | priest, bishop |
Jean-Guy Hamelin (October 8, 1925 – March 1, 2018) was a Canadian Catholic bishop.
Born in 1925 in Saint-Sévérin-de-Proulxville, Hamelin was ordained to the priesthood on June 11, 1949, in Trois-Rivières, Québec and was named first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rouyn-Noranda, Canada on November 29, 1973. He retired on November 30, 2001, succeeded by Dorylas Moreau and named Bishop Emeritus.
Hamelin died on March 1, 2018, aged 92 in Rouyn-Noranda.[1]
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