Joseph-Octave Plessis
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Joseph-Octave Plessis (3 March 1763 – 4 December 1825) was a Québécois Roman Catholic.. He was the first archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec, the diocese having been made an archdiocese.
Plessis cultivated a new generation of priests during the difficult period leading up to the Lower Canada Rebellion, including Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Ferland, Narcisse-Charles Fortier, Jean-Baptiste Kelly, Thomas Maguire, and Pierre-Antoine Tabeau.
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| Preceded by Pierre Denaut, Bishop of Quebec |
Archbishop of Quebec 1806–1825 |
Succeeded by Bernard-Claude Panet |
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