List of rectors of Université Laval
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- 1852 - 1860 M. l'abbé Louis-Jacques CasaultLouis-Jacques CasaultLouis-Jacques Casault was a Canadian priest, academic, superior of the Séminaire de Québec, and rector of Université Laval....
- 1860 - 1866 M. l'abbé Elzéar-Alexandre TaschereauElzéar-Alexandre TaschereauElzéar-Alexandre Taschereau was a Canadian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Quebec from 1871 until his death in 1898...
- 1866 - 1869 Mgr Michel-Édouard MéthotMichel-Édouard MéthotMichel-Édouard Méthot was a French-Canadian Roman Catholic churchman, educator, and early rector of Université Laval.-Biography:...
- 1869 - 1871 M. l'abbé Elzéar-Alexandre TaschereauElzéar-Alexandre TaschereauElzéar-Alexandre Taschereau was a Canadian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Quebec from 1871 until his death in 1898...
- 1871 - 1880 Mgr Thomas-Étienne HamelThomas-Étienne HamelThomas-Étienne Hamel was a French-Canadian priest and academic. He was the son of Victor Hamel, a merchant and Therèse DeFoy....
- 1880 - 1883 Mgr Michel-Édouard MéthotMichel-Édouard MéthotMichel-Édouard Méthot was a French-Canadian Roman Catholic churchman, educator, and early rector of Université Laval.-Biography:...
- 1883 - 1886 Mgr Thomas-Étienne HamelThomas-Étienne HamelThomas-Étienne Hamel was a French-Canadian priest and academic. He was the son of Victor Hamel, a merchant and Therèse DeFoy....
- 1886 - 1887 Mgr Michel-Édouard MéthotMichel-Édouard MéthotMichel-Édouard Méthot was a French-Canadian Roman Catholic churchman, educator, and early rector of Université Laval.-Biography:...
- 1887 - 1893 Mgr Benjamin PâquetBenjamin PâquetBenjamin Pâquet was a French-Canadian Roman Catholic priest and educationist. He was an extremely influential and controversial figure in 19th century Quebec religious politics, making numerous enemies amongst the French-Canadian ultramontane elite of the period...
- 1893 - 1899 Mgr Joseph-Clovis-Kemner LaflammeJoseph-Clovis-Kemner LaflammeJoseph-Clovis-Kemner Laflamme was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, academic, and writer.Born in Saint-Anselme, Lower Canada, the son of David Kemner dit Laflamme and Josephte Jamme, Laflamme received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1868 from the Petit Séminaire de Québec...
- 1899 - 1908 Mgr Olivier-E. Mathieu
- 1908 - 1909 Mgr Joseph-Clovis-Kemner LaflammeJoseph-Clovis-Kemner LaflammeJoseph-Clovis-Kemner Laflamme was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, academic, and writer.Born in Saint-Anselme, Lower Canada, the son of David Kemner dit Laflamme and Josephte Jamme, Laflamme received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1868 from the Petit Séminaire de Québec...
- 1909 - 1915 Mgr Amédée-Edmond GosselinAmédée GosselinAmédée Gosselin was a Canadian historian, academic administrator and Roman Catholic priest.Born in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada East, he studied the classical course and theology from 1878 until 1890 at the Petit Séminaire de Québec and the Grand Séminaire de Québec, and was subsequently...
- 1915 - 1921 Mgr François PelletierFrançois PelletierFrançois Pelletier was a French illusionist, famed in his time for his use of magnets as an entertainment basis for his act. His reputation was such that he was invited to perform at the court of Maria Theresa of Austria at Schönbrunn Palace in 1769...
- 1921 M. l'abbé Pierre Hébert
- 1921 - 1924 Mgr Charles-Napoléon Gariépy
- 1924 - 1927 Mgr Camille RoyCamille Roy (literary critic)Camille Roy was a Canadian priest and literary critic.Born in Berthier-en-Bas , Quebec, Roy studied at the Petit Séminaire of Quebec and the Grand Séminaire de Québec and was ordained a priest in 1896.He was rector of Université Laval for four terms: 1922 to 1924, 1929, 1932 to 1938, and 1940 to...
- 1927 - 1929 Mgr Amédée-Edmond Gosselin
- 1929 Mgr Camille RoyCamille Roy (literary critic)Camille Roy was a Canadian priest and literary critic.Born in Berthier-en-Bas , Quebec, Roy studied at the Petit Séminaire of Quebec and the Grand Séminaire de Québec and was ordained a priest in 1896.He was rector of Université Laval for four terms: 1922 to 1924, 1929, 1932 to 1938, and 1940 to...
- 1929 - 1932 Mgr Philéas-J. Filion
- 1932 - 1938 Mgr Camille RoyCamille Roy (literary critic)Camille Roy was a Canadian priest and literary critic.Born in Berthier-en-Bas , Quebec, Roy studied at the Petit Séminaire of Quebec and the Grand Séminaire de Québec and was ordained a priest in 1896.He was rector of Université Laval for four terms: 1922 to 1924, 1929, 1932 to 1938, and 1940 to...
- 1938 - 1939 Mgr Arthur Robert
- 1939 - 1940 Mgr Alexandre Vachon
- 1940 - 1943 Mgr Camille RoyCamille Roy (literary critic)Camille Roy was a Canadian priest and literary critic.Born in Berthier-en-Bas , Quebec, Roy studied at the Petit Séminaire of Quebec and the Grand Séminaire de Québec and was ordained a priest in 1896.He was rector of Université Laval for four terms: 1922 to 1924, 1929, 1932 to 1938, and 1940 to...
- 1943 - 1945 Mgr Cyrille Gagnon
- 1945 - 1954 Mgr Ferdinand Vandry
- 1954 - 1960 Mgr Alphonse-Marie ParentAlphonse-Marie ParentAlphonse-Marie Parent, CC was a Canadian priest, educator and academic administrator. He is best known for having given his name to the Parent Report on the reform of Quebec's education system....
- 1960 - 1972 Mgr Louis-Albert Vachon
- 1972 - 1977 Larkin KerwinLarkin KerwinJohn Larkin Kerwin, was a Canadian physicist.Born in Québec City, he studied physics at Saint Francis Xavier University and obtained his Masters degree in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His received his D.Sc. from Université Laval. He was Chairman of the Department of...
- 1977 - 1987 Jean-Guy PaquetJean-Guy PaquetJean-Guy Paquet, is a Canadian scientist, businessman, and former rector of Université Laval.Born in Montmagny, Quebec, he received a Doctor of Electrical Engineering from Université Laval in 1963. From 1967 to 1969, he was the head of the electrical engineering department at Université Laval...
- 1987 - 1997 Michel GervaisMichel GervaisMichel Gervais, was the 22nd rector of Université Laval from 1987 to 1997.He studied theology and philosophy, and obtained a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas , in Rome...
- 1997 - 2002 François TavenasFrançois TavenasFrançois Tavenas, was a Canadian engineer and academic.Born in Bourg-de-Péage, Drôme, France, he received an engineering degree in civil engineering from Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon in 1963 and a Doctorate with specialization in soil mechanics in 1965 from the Université de...
- 2002 - 2007 Michel PigeonMichel PigeonMichel Pigeon is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec, who was elected to represent the riding of Charlesbourg in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election. He is a member of the Quebec Liberal Party....
- 2007 Denis BrièreDenis BrièreDenis Brière is a Canadian forestry professor and academic administrator. He took office as Université Laval's 25th rector on June 1, 2007. He ran unsuccessfully for the position in 2002. He was formerly dean of the faculty of forestry and geomatics at Université Laval in Quebec City, and held...