Richard Gagnon

History
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	James Carney (Vancouver)
Date	June 24, 1983
Place	Holy Rosary Cathedral, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Raymond Roussin (Vancouver)
Co-consecrators	David Monroe (Kamloops); Eugene Cooney (Nelson)
Date	July 20, 2004
Place	St. Andrew's Cathedral, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

His Grace, The Most Reverend

Richard Gagnon
His Grace, The Most Reverend; Richard Gagnon
Archbishop of Winnipeg
	Gagnon in 2002, when he was a parish priest in Vancouver.
Church	Catholic Church
See	Winnipeg
Appointed	October 28, 2013
Installed	January 3, 2014
Predecessor	James Weisgerber
Other post(s)	President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2019–2021);
Orders
Ordination	June 24, 1983; by James Carney
Consecration	July 20, 2004; by Raymond Roussin
Personal details
Born	June 17, 1948 (age 75); Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Denomination	Catholic
Previous post(s)	Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Vancouver (2002–2004); Bishop of Victoria (2004–2014);
Alma mater	Simon Fraser University; Pontifical Beda College
Motto	"To obey is to serve in love"
Coat of arms
Ordination history
Ordained by
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	James Carney (Vancouver)
Date	June 24, 1983
Place	Holy Rosary Cathedral, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Raymond Roussin (Vancouver)
Co-consecrators	David Monroe (Kamloops); Eugene Cooney (Nelson)
Date	July 20, 2004
Place	St. Andrew's Cathedral, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
	Source(s):

Richard Joseph Gagnon (born June 17, 1948) is a Canadian bishop of the Catholic Church. He is the Archbishop of Winnipeg, appointed to the position in 2014 after previously serving as the Bishop of Victoria. He has also served as President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) since September 2019. Gagnon attended high school and university in Greater Vancouver, before studying for the priesthood at the Pontifical Beda College in Rome. He was ordained a priest in 1983 and served in the Archdiocese of Vancouver as an assistant pastor and parish priest for two decades. He became vicar general of the archdiocese in 2002 and was consecrated as a bishop two years later. Gagnon has been noted for his work toward reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in Victoria and Winnipeg. He is also noted for calling the first diocesan synod in the Archdiocese of Winnipeg.

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