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Joseph Signay

Catholic bishop

Died when: 71 years 329 days (862 months)
Star Sign: Scorpio

 

Joseph Signay

Joseph Signay, (8 November 1778 – 3 October 1850), was the third archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec.Signay was ordained in 1802 by Bishop Pierre Denaut and began a number of years of parish duties.

In 1814, he was appointed parish priest of Quebec by Archbishop Joseph-Octave Plessis.In 1825, Bernard-Claude Panet became archbishop and selected Signay as his coadjutor.

Signay became archbishop in 1833 and he was followed by Pierre-Flavien Turgeon in 1850.


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