Apostolic Administrator of Edmundston
Msgr. Michel Proulx, O.Praem., was born on 11 October 1962 in Saint-Lambert, Québec. He entered the postulate of the Canons Regular Premonstratensian. He gave his solemn vows on 6 June 1983. He was awarded a bachelor’s degree in theology from the Université de Montréal and continued his studies in biblical philology and theology at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, obtaining a licentiate in theology. He was ordained a priest on 22 April 1990. Following ordination, he first served as head of baptismal pastoral care of the Saint-Constant parish in the diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil (1989-1992). After attending courses in psychology at the Institut de Formation Humaine Intégrale de Montréal, he served as master of novices in his Premonstratensian community (1989-2008) and head of pastoral animation at the Premonstratensian Monastery of Saint-Constant (1990-2023). He was awarded a doctorate in theology from the Université de Montréal (1992-1996), and went on to hold the roles of member of the Presbyteral Council of the diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil (1992-1996 and 2023) and teacher of biblical studies at the Institute of Theological Formation of the Major Seminary of Montréal (1999-2013 and 2021-2023). He was responsible for the realization and animation of various radio broadcasts on initiation to biblical exegesis (2002-2012) and was a Bible teacher for the internovitiate of Montréal (since 2007). He served as prior of the Premonstratensians of Québec (since 2008), member of the Ecumenical Commission of the diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil (2009-2012); member of the Theological Commission and then President of the Conférence Religieuse Canadienne; member of the International Commission of the Order for Initial and Permanent Formation (2012-2018); teacher in the Faculty of Theology of the Dominican Pastoral Institute in Montréal (2014-2020); and, since January 2021, diocesan head of biblical animation. Michel Proulx, O.