Paul Marchand

Who was Paul Marchand?

Paul Marchard was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Timmins, Canada.

Marchand was born in Lafontaine, Ontario and grew up in the area near Georgian Bay.

He attended Montford Fathers at Papineauville, Quebec and joined the Company of Mary in 1956. He continued his studies at Saint John's Scholasticate in Vanier, Ontario and then pastoral theology at St. Paul's University and University of Montreal.

He was ordained to the priesthood in 1962.

After his studies, Marchant was Director of the Centre for Christian Renewal from 1967 to 1973 and Director of the Maison d'Accueil and Director of the Sanctuary of Marie-Reine-des-Coeurs in Montreal from 1973 to 1987. He was appointed Provincial Superior of the Montfort Fathers of Canada in 1990.

He served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Ottawa in 1993 and eventually became bishop of the Timmins Diocese in 1999.