Born in La Louvière, Belgium, he came to Canada when he was nine.

He studied at Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface, an Edmonton seminary, and at Université Laval where he received his doctorate in theology.

In 1979, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "in recognition of the fifty years he devoted to the promotion of the French fact in western Canada through his work with many religious, cultural and educational organizations".

[2] In 1980, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Saskatchewan.

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