Gérard Drainville
Gérard Drainville (May 20, 1930 – May 11, 2014) was a Roman Catholic bishop.
Drainville was born in 1930 on Ile Du Pas to and . After graduating from , Drainville studied geology and biology at the University of Montreal.
After graduation, he became a biology professor at Joliette Seminary, Le collège constituant de Joliette partie intégrante du Cégep régional de Lanaudière and Sacred Heart of Antanimena School in Antananarivo in Madagascar.[1]
Ordained to the priesthood in 1953, Drainville became vicar of Saint-Lin–Laurentides in 1973 before becoming bishop of the Diocese of Amos, Canada, in 1978.
He resigned from the office in 2004.[2] Drainville died in Amos, Quebec.
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