Raymond Roussin | |
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Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver | |
Province | British Columbia |
See | Vancouver |
Installed | 2004 |
Term ended | 2009 |
Predecessor | Adam Exner |
Successor | J. Michael Miller |
Orders | |
Ordination | March 21, 1970 |
Consecration | June 14, 1995 |
Personal details | |
Born | Raymond Roussin June 17, 1939 St. Vital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Died | April 24, 2015 75) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | (aged
Nationality | Canadian |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Alma mater | St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas University of Manitoba St. Louis University University of Fribourg, Switzerland |
Motto | Fortes in Fide (English: Steadfast in Faith) |
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Styles of Raymond Roussin | |
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Reference style | The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Your Excellency |
Raymond O. Roussin SM was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver from 2004 to January 2009, when his resignation was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI.
Born, Raymond Roussin, on June 17, 1939, in St. Vital, Winnipeg, Canada.
Raymond Roussin entered the religious institute of the Society of Mary in 1961 in St. Louis, Missouri and was ordained as a priest in 1970.
In 1995, Raymond Roussin was appointed Bishop of Gravelbourg and in 1999, Bishop of Victoria. Raymond Roussin was appointed Archbishop of Vancouver on January 10, 2004. His request for early retirement (for reasons of health since he had been suffering from depression) was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI on January 2, 2009.
He was open with his depression long before his resignation which is unusual for bishops and other high churchmen. Psychologists lauded his coming forward as heroic. [2]
Due to the declining Catholic population in the Diocese of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Raymond Roussin was entrusted with dissolving the Diocese in 1995. On September 14, 1998, the Diocese reverted to the Archdiocese of Regina and the Diocese of Saskatoon. [3]
In 1998, Raymond Roussin became Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia. Because earlier questionable investments left the Diocese of Victoria in financial trouble, Raymond Roussin reorganized its finances by selling off unused property and brought the situation under control. [3]
In February 2007, Archbishop Raymond Roussin called for pornography-free mobile service. [4] The call was for Catholics & non-Catholics to divest from Telus Mobility and to write to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to stop downloading of pornography onto cell phones. Roussin's call, whose story drew the attention of The New York Times and Bloomberg News, was key to Telus dropping its adult content offerings. [5]
On July 7, 2008, James Wingle, Bishop of St. Catharines and Raymond Roussin, Archbishop of Vancouver, spoke out strongly against the decision to grant Dr. Henry Morgentaler the Order of Canada, and called for this award to be revoked. [6]
On September 5, 2008, Raymond Roussin, asked for support of Bill C-484, which would help protect the unborn as victims of crime. Presently, if a pregnant woman is attacked, and her unborn child is killed, the attacker is not charged with the murder of the child. [7]
On January 2, 2009, he was succeeded by J. Michael Miller.
On April 24, 2015, he died in Winnipeg.
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