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{{Short description|Canadian prelate}}
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| name             = Luc Cyr
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| title            = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sherbrooke|Archbishop of Sherbrooke]]
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| appointed        = July 26, 2011
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| term_start       = September 29, 2011
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| predecessor      = André Gaumond
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| ordination       = August 8, 2003
| ordained_by      = [[Charles Valois]]
| consecration     = June 17, 2001
| consecrated_by   = [[Jean-Claude Turcotte]]
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| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1953|11|21}}<!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| birth_place      = [[Saint-Jérôme, Quebec|Saint-Jérôme]], [[Quebec]], Canada
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| previous_post    = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Valleyfield|Bishop of Valleyfield]]
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| motto            = {{unbulleted list|Un Seul Coeur, Une Seule Âme|(One Heart and One Soul)}}
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| name     = Luc Cyr
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'''Luc Cyr''' (born November 21, 1953) is a Canadian [[prelate]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He is currently [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sherbrooke|Archbishop of Sherbrooke]]. Cyr succeeded to this post in September 2011, after serving as [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Valleyfield|Bishop of Valleyfield]] from June 2001.<ref name="cheney"/>
Cyr was born in [[Saint-Jérôme, Quebec|Saint-Jérôme]], [[Quebec]], Canada. He was [[Ordination|ordained]] a [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priest]] for the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Jérôme|Diocese of Saint-Jérôme]] on August 29, 1980. Cyr was appointed to become Bishop of Valleyfield by [[Pope John Paul II]] on  May 10, 2001, and was consecrated June 17, 2001 by [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] [[Jean-Claude Turcotte|Turcotte]], the then [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal|Archbishop of Montréal]]. Cyr remained bishop of Valleyfield until [[Pope Benedict XVI]] appointed him [[Archbishop]] of [[Sherbrooke]] on July 26, 2011. Cyr was installed September 29, 2011 and received his [[Pallium]] June 29, 2012 in [[St. Peter's Basilica]], [[Rome]] for the [[Feast of Saints Peter and Paul]]. Cyr received his pallium along with [[Christian Lépine|Archbishop Christian Lépine]], the Archbishop of [[Montréal]], and Paul-André Durocher, [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gatineau|Archbishop of Gatineau]].
==Footnotes==
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<ref name="cheney">{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcyr.html|title=Archbishop Luc Cyr|publisher=Catholic-hierarchy.org|first1=David M.|last1=Cheney|date=2012-03-04|accessdate=2012-10-18}}</ref>
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[[Category:21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Canada]]
[[Category:People from Saint-Jérôme]]
[[Category:1953 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic archbishops of Sherbrooke]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Valleyfield]]
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