AMERICA: CANADA: RIP- ARCHBISHOP SPENCE AND BISHOP MARCHAND

DEATH OF ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS- MOST REV. FRANCIS SPENCE

(CCCB – Ottawa)… It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of the Most Rev. Francis John Spence, Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, on 27 July, 2011 at the age of 85 years old.

Archbishop Spence was born in Perth, Ontario, on 3 June, 1926. He was ordained a priest on 16 April, 1950 and a Bishop on 15 June, 1967. Archbishop Spence served as Auxiliary Bishop to the Military Vicar from 1967-1982, Bishop of Charlottetown from 1970-1982, and Ordinary for the Military Vicariate of Canada from 1982-1989. He was installed as Archbishop of Kingston on 30 June, 1982 and served until his retirement on 13 August, 2002. In addition to the many positions and responsibilities he has held at Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) and the Holy See, Archbishop Spence was President of the CCCB from 1995-1997.

Archbishop Spence will lie in state at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 279 Johnson Street, in Kingston (Ontario), on Tuesday, August 2, 2011, from 1:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., with a Vigil Service at 7:00 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 3, 2011, at the Kingston Cathedral, with a reception to follow. Interment will take place on Thursday, August 4, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. at the family plot in Perth.

DEATH OF BISHOP OF TIMMINS- MOST REV. PAUL MARCHAND

Ottawa – July 27, 2011 – It is with great sorrow that we announce the death of the Most Reverend Paul Marchand, S.M.M., Bishop of Timmins, on Sunday, July 24, 2011 at the age of 74 years.

Bishop Marchand, S.M.M., was born on April 17, 1937 in Lafontaine, Ontario, and became a member of the Montfort Missionaries in 1956. He studied Pastoral Theology and Sacred Scriptures at Saint-Paul University, in Ottawa, and at l’Université de Montréal. He was ordained to the priesthood in March 1962 and to the episcopate in August 1993, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Ottawa. Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Timmins on March 8, 1999.

Bishop Marchand was a highly talented preacher and had a very pastoral approach to his work. He occupied many functions in his Religious Congregation: he served as Provincial Superior and was a member of the Extraordinary General Council of Montfort Missionaries from 1990 to 1993.

Since his Episcopal ordination, Bishop Marchand assumed several responsibilities at the CCCB: he was President of the Episcopal Commission for Christian Education (French Sector) from 1997 to 2001, member of the Permanent Council from 2000 to 2005, and member of the Episcopal Commission for Social Communications (French Sector) from 2001 to 2008.

Bishop Marchand’s remains will lie in state at Saint Anthony Cathedral Parish Church on Thursday, July 28, 2011 from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., and Friday, July 29, 2011, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 (noon). The Funeral will follow at 12:00 noon with Metropolitan Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, S.J., presiding and Bishop Paul-André Durocher preaching.

SOURCE: CCCB.CA