Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (born 1820)

Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau

First Canadian Catholic cardinal

Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau was a Canadian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Quebec from 1871 until his death in 1898. The first Canadian cardinal, he was elevated to the College of Cardinals by Pope Leo XIII in 1886.