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{{Short description|Canadian priest (1902–1988)}}
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'''Maurice Baudoux''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC}} (July 10, 1902 &ndash; July 1, 1988) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] priest and the Archbishop of [[Saint Boniface, Manitoba]], Canada.

Born in [[La Louvière]], [[Belgium]], he came to Canada when he was nine. He studied at [[Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface]], an Edmonton seminary, and at [[Université Laval]] where he received his doctorate in theology. He was ordained in 1929 and was a Priest in [[Prud'homme, Saskatchewan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=OBITUARY: Maurice Baudoux Archbishop of St. Boniface had distinguished career|work=The Globe and Mail|date=July 4, 1988}}</ref> From 1948 to 1952, he was the first [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Paul, Alberta|Bishop of Saint Paul, Alberta]]. He became [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface|Archbishop of Saint-Boniface]] in 1955. He resigned in 1974.

In 1979, he was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] "in recognition of the fifty years he devoted to the promotion of the French fact in western Canada through his work with many religious, cultural and educational organizations".<ref>{{OCC|90}}</ref> In 1980, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from the [[University of Saskatchewan]].<ref>[https://www.usask.ca/archives/history/hondegrees.php?id=361&view=detail&keyword=&campuses= Honorary degree recipients]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbaudoux.html Catholic hierarchy profile]

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[[Category:1902 births]]
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[[Category:20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Canada]]
[[Category:Participants in the Second Vatican Council]]
[[Category:Belgian emigrants to Canada]]
[[Category:Canadian people of Walloon descent]]
[[Category:Franco-Manitoban people]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of Canada]]
[[Category:People from St. Boniface, Winnipeg]]
[[Category:University of Saskatchewan alumni]]
[[Category:Université Laval alumni]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Saint Paul, Alberta]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic archbishops of Saint Boniface]]


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