Adélard Langevin
Louis Philippe Adélard Langevin | |
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| Archbishop of Saint-Boniface | |
Adélard Langevin, 1895 | |
| Archdiocese | Saint Boniface |
| Installed | 1895 |
| Term ended | 1915 |
| Predecessor | Alexandre-Antonin Taché |
| Successor | Arthur Béliveau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 23, 1855 Saint-Isidore, near La Prairie, Lower Canada |
| Died | June 15, 1915 (aged 59) Montreal, Quebec |
Louis Philippe Adélard Langevin (French pronunciation: [lwi filip adelaʁ lɑ̃ʒvɛ̃]; August 23, 1855 – June 15, 1915) was a Canadian Oblate priest and Archbishop of Saint-Boniface. He founded the La Liberté newspaper published in Manitoba on May 20, 1913. He was the energetic leader of the Catholic struggle to restore language and religious rights in the Manitoba Schools Question.