Georges Cabana
Catholic bishop
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| Intro | Catholic bishop | |
| Places | Canada | |
| was | Priest | |
| Work field | Religion | |
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| Religion: | Catholic church | |
| Birth | 23 October 1894, Granby, Canada | |
| Death | 6 February 1986Sherbrooke, Canada (aged 91 years) | |
| Star sign | Scorpio |
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Georges Cabana (October 23, 1894 – February 6, 1986) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and Archbishop of Sherbrooke from 1952 to 1967.
Born in Granby, Quebec, Cabana studied at the Séminaire Saint-Charles-Borromée de Sherbrooke, Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe, and the Grand Séminaire de Montréal. He was ordained a priest in 1918. In 1941, he was made Titular Archbishop of Anchialus and was Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba.
In 1952, he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Sherbrooke and became the Archbishop of Sherbrooke in 1952. He attended the Second Vatican Council and was a member of the Coetus Internationalis Patrum.
He resigned in 1967 and was appointed Titular Archbishop of Succuba. He died in 1986.