His Grace, The Most Reverend Richard Gagnon | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ordination | June 24, 1983 by James Carney | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Consecration | July 20, 2004 by Raymond Roussin | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | June 17, 1948 Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Denomination | Catholic | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Simon Fraser University Pontifical Beda College | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Motto | "To obey is to serve in love"[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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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- ^ "Annual Charismatic Conference Held in Winnipeg". Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg. May 5, 2019. Archived from the original on April 19, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2020.