Most Reverend
Vernon Fougere, D.D.
"CORONAT IUS CLEMENTIA"
(Mercy crowns the law)
Bishop Fougere, a native of Petit de Grat, Nova Scotia, and a son of
Godfrey Fougere and Anita Goyetche, was ordained a priest for the
Diocese of Antigonish on May 31, 1969. After graduating from Saint
Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, he did his theological
studies at the Grand Séminaire de Montréal.
After three years service in Mount Carmel Parish in New Waterford and
three years as pastor in Saint Louis Parish in Louisdale, our Bishop
served seven years with the Diocesan Mission in Honduras.
During this time, he became fluent in Spanish and became acquainted
with the issues of the Church in Latin America. While ministering in
Honduras, he served on the Council of Priests for the Archdiocese of
Tegucigalpa. While there, he carried out extensive work forming Delegados
de la Palabra (Ministers of the Word).
After studies at the Jesuit Theological Union at University of
California, Bishop Fougere served in Saint Joseph's Parish in Bras
d'Or and Saint Augustine's in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He was appointed
Vicar General and Director of Pastoral Services for the Diocese of
Antigonish in 1988. He was the first priest to serve in this position
as director of all pastoral service for the people of the diocese. He
served and was Chair of the Council of Priests of the Diocese of
Antigonish and member of the Board of Governors at Saint Francis
Xavier University
On December 11, 1991 Pope John Paul II appointed Joseph Vernon
Fougere as the twelfth Bishop of Charlottetown, and he was
Consecrated and Installed at St. Dunstan's Basilica, on March 19, 1992.
He has been a member of the National Council of the Canadian Catholic
Organization for Development and Peace (1992-1995), the Social
Communications Commission (1993-1996), the Episcopal Commission for
Christian Education (since 1999), and was appointed to the Board of
Directors of the Catholic Mission in Canada (2000). |
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