BM1-5P2054-02

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A printed page with a framed halftone portrait photograph of an elderly man in clerical dress, shown from the shoulders up, wearing a skullcap, a dark cassock with a white collar and a cord with tassels. Above the portrait is a bold capitalised caption, and below it is a block of small printed text in two columns, with a line reading "Late Archbishop of Quebec". A small watermark-style credit appears in the lower right corner.Described automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.

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HIS EMINENCE ELZEAR ALEXANDER CARDINAL TASCHEREAU.Late Archbishop of Quebec.His Eminence Cardinal Taschereau was born at Ste. Marie de la Beauce, P. Q., Canada, Feb. 17th, 1820. His preparatory studies were obtained at the Seminary of Quebec, where he took the classical course; in 1836 he was sent to Rome where his ecclesiastical studies were pursued, but returned to his native province to complete his theological and philosophical education. At the age of twenty-three he was ordained to the Holy priesthood at his native birthplace, and soon thereafter was appointed professor of philosophy at the Seminary of Quebec, where he labored twelve years.In 1856 the Degree of Doctor of Canon Law was conferred on him by the Roman Seminary where he had been studying. He then returned to Quebec, and in 1859 was chosen Director of the Grand Seminary and appointed a member of the Lower Canada Council of Public Instruction; a year following he became Superior of the Seminary of Quebec and Rector of Laval University.In 1862 Dr. Taschereau accompanied His Grace Archbishop Baillargeon on a visit to Rome, and on his return was appointed Vicar-General of the Archdiocese. The Venerable Archbishop who died Oct. 13th, 1870, had proposed him as his successor, and he therefore acted as Administrator of the ArchdioceseSede Vacante".On Feb. 23rd, 1871, the Papal Bull appointing Rev. Taschereau Archbishop, was received, and he accordingly was consecrated on the 19th of March in the Cathedral of Quebec by Most Rev J. J. Lynch, D.D., of Toronto.On June 7th, 1886, His Holiness, Pope Leo XIII., created and proclaimed him Cardinal with the title of "S. Maria della Vittoria".His death occured at his residence in Quebec, April 12th, 1898, in the 79th year of his age R. I. P.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.

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