Key facts
- Church
- Catholic Church
- Archdiocese
- Quebec
- Appointed
- 22 February 2011
- Installed
- 25 March 2011
- Predecessor
- Marc Ouellet
- Other post
- Cardinal Priest of San Giuseppe all'Aurelio
- Previous posts
- Auxiliary Bishop of Quebec (2009–2011), Titular Bishop of Hilta (2009–2011)
- Ordination
- 8 October 1988, by Maurice Couture
- Consecration
- 24 May 2009, by Marc Ouellet
- Created cardinal
- 22 February 2014, by Pope Francis
- Rank
- Cardinal-Priest
- Born
- ( 1957-07-27 ) 27 July 1957 (age 68) , Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset , Quebec , Canada
- Parents
- Brigitte Laurendeau & Raymond Lacroix
- Alma mater
- Saint Anselm College Université Laval
- Motto
- Mane nobiscum Domine , (Stay with us, Lord)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset
- Occupation
- Catholic bishop
- Position held
- member
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Participant in
- 2025 conclave
- Image
- Mouvaux - Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix - 1 (cropped).jpg
- Significant event
- holy orders
- Religious order
- Secular Institute Pius X
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- Gérald Lacroix
- date of birth
- 1957-07-27
- consecrator
- Gilles Lemay
- name in native language
- Gérald Cyprien Lacroix
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Encyclopedic overview
Gérald Cyprien Lacroix ISPX ([lakʁwa]; born July 27, 1957) is a Canadian Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada since 2011. He was previously Auxiliary Bishop of Quebec from 2009 to 2011. A member of the Council of Cardinals and the Secular Institute Pius X, he was made a cardinal in 2014.
Early life
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