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January 8, 2013

Retired Ottawa Archbishop Plourde, 97, dies

Retired Ottawa Archbishop Joseph-Aurele Plourde, instrumental in setting up the Canadian bishops' international development agency, died Jan. 5 at the age of 97. He is pictured in a 2010 photo.

OTTAWA - Ottawa Archbishop-emeritus Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, who chaired a committee that oversaw the founding of the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, died Jan. 5 at the age of 97 after 49 years as a bishop.

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