Joseph Signay, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Signay

Catholic bishop

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1778

Place of Birth: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 03-Oct-1850

Profession: Catholic priest

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Joseph Signay, (8 November 1778 – 3 October 1850), was the third archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec. Signay was ordained in 1802 by Bishop Pierre Denaut and began a number of years of parish duties.
In 1814, he was appointed parish priest of Quebec by Archbishop Joseph-Octave Plessis.
In 1825, Bernard-Claude Panet became archbishop and selected Signay as his coadjutor. Signay became archbishop in 1833 and he was followed by Pierre-Flavien Turgeon in 1850.



Alternative names	Thomas Hamel; Theophile Hamel
Description	Canadian painter and portraitist
Date of birth/death	8 November 1817	23 December 1870
Location of birth/death	Sainte-Foy, Quebec City	Quebec City
Work location	Quebec City; Montreal; Toronto; Rome
Authority control	: Q3526663 VIAF: 69867538 ISNI: 0000 0000 7358 0350 ULAN: 500009165 LCCN: nr93015401 GND: 124673503 WorldCat