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Pierre Denaut
DioceseRoman Catholic diocese of Quebec
Installed1797
Term ended1806

Pierre Denaut (20 July 1743 – 17 January 1806) was the tenth bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Quebec and the last before it became an Archdiocese. He served as bishop from 1797 to 1806.[1]

He was appointed vicar general in 1790 and coadjutor in 1794. Bishop Hubert resigned in 1797 and Denaut, with Joseph-Octave Plessis now as coadjutor, took charge of the diocese.

Notes

  1. ^ Lindsay 1913.

References

  • Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
  • Lionel Lindsay (1913). "Pierre Denaut" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  • Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Denaut, Peter" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
Religious titles
Preceded by Bishop of Quebec
1797–1806
Succeeded by
Joseph-Octave Plessis, Archbishop of Quebec