Charles-Félix Cazeau
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Charles-Félix Cazeau was a French Canadian priest
and administrator of the Archdiocese of Quebec who was prominently involved in the relief of victims from the Great Irish Famine (1845-1849).
Cazeau began his classical education in 1819 at Quebec City
. He studied at the Collège de Saint-Roch which had been recently founded by Bishop Joseph-Octave Plessis
and one of his teachers was a future archbishop of the Archdiocese of Quebec, Charles-François Baillargeon
.
Priest
A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
and administrator of the Archdiocese of Quebec who was prominently involved in the relief of victims from the Great Irish Famine (1845-1849).
Cazeau began his classical education in 1819 at Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
. He studied at the Collège de Saint-Roch which had been recently founded by Bishop Joseph-Octave Plessis
Joseph-Octave Plessis
Joseph-Octave Plessis was a Canadian Roman Catholic clergyman from Quebec. He was the first archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec after the diocese was elevated to the status of an archdiocese....
and one of his teachers was a future archbishop of the Archdiocese of Quebec, Charles-François Baillargeon
Charles-François Baillargeon
Charles-François Baillargeon was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and archbishop.He was from Lower Canada and studied at the Collège de Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud and Collège de Nicolet followed by four years of theology at Quebec where his choice of the priesthood was confirmed...
.