Archbishop of Moncton
Father Guy Desrochers was born on 23 May 1956 in Hull, Québec, in the current archdiocese of Gatineau. He completed his secondary studies at the Collège Saint-Alexandre des Pères du Saint-Esprit in Limbour and obtained his specialization in fine arts and commercial arts at the Algonquin College in Ottava. From 1972 to 1979 he was "caricaturist" for Ottawa's Le Droit newspaper. In August 1983 he entered the novitiate of the Redemptorist Fathers at Sainte-Anne-de Baupré. He made his temporary profession on 7 August 1984 and gave his perpetual vows on 29 August 1987. In the years 1982-1983 he studied philosophy at the Saint-Augustin de Cap-Rouge Seminary in Québec, and theology from 1984 to 1989 at the Laval University, obtaining the Baccalaureate . He then completed a two-year internship in the archdiocese of Montréal. On 7 January 1989 he was ordained a priest in Hull in the Redemptorist Province of Saint-Anne-de-Beaupré. From 1989 to 1995 he was responsible for a small missionary team composed of four Redemptorists in the diocese of Gaspé. From 1995 to 1998 he was superior of Aylmer, in the diocese of Gatineau-Hull. In the years 1998-2005 he exercised his ministry at the Shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré and bursar. From 2005 until 2008 he was appointed as superior of the Saint-Redempteur Pavilion of Saint-Augustin-Des-Desmaures, host house for retreats for ecclesial groups. From 2008 to 2011 Director of the Revue Sainte-Anne and animator of the same shrine. From 2011 until 2015 he served as rector of the Shrine of Sainte-Anne and superior of the International Community providing spiritual service at the Shrine. Finally, since 2015 he has assisted in the ministry at the Shrine and served as preacher of Retreats in Canada and the United States.