Georges Gauthier

Georges Gauthier
Archbishop of Montreal
Archdiocese	Montreal
Installed	1939
Term ended	1940
Predecessor	Paul Bruchési
Successor	Joseph Charbonneau
Personal details
Born	(1871-10-09)9 October 1871 Montreal, Quebec
Died	31 August 1940(1940-08-31) (aged 68)

Georges Gauthier (9 October 1871 – 31 August 1940) was a French Canadian archbishop of Montreal and the first rector of the Université de Montréal.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of François-Xavier Gauthier and Marie Généreux, he was ordained a priest in 1894 and ordained a bishop in 1912. On 20 September 1939, he was appointed the third archbishop of Montreal and served until his death in 1940.

In 1917, he was appointed vice-rector of the Université Laval à Montréal and when it became an independent school in 1920 he served as the first rector until 1923.

• "Catholic-Hierarchy profile". Retrieved March 6, 2006.^{[self-published source]}

• Works by or about Georges Gauthier at the Internet Archive

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