Begin, Louis Nazaire
Begin, Louis Nazaire
(1840 -1925 ) Archbishop of Quebec and cardinal , born Sarosta, Canada ; died Quebec. Ordained in Rome, 1865 , he continued his studies in Innsbruck and the Holy Land, and returned to Canada in 1867 . Teaching for a time at Laval and at the Lower Seminary in Quebec, he was made principal of the Laval Normal School in 1884 . He was consecrated in 1888 and named Bishop of Chicoutimi, becoming coadjutor to Cardinal Taschereau, Archbishop of Quebec, in 1891 . Named archbishop in 1898 , he was made a cardinal by Pius X in 1914 . In addition to the zealous administration of his archdiocese he wrote on doctrinal subjects and took an active part as an arbitrator in labor disputes.