About: Joseph-Alfred Archambeault

Joseph-Alfred Archambeault (May 23, 1859 – April 25, 1913) was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop in Canada. He was the first bishop of Joliette, Quebec. He was born in L'Assomption, Canada Lower Canada and educated at the Grand Séminaire de Montréal. He was ordained in 1882 and obtained doctorates in theology and canon law in Rome. He taught in Montreal and worked as a chancellor. He was ordained as a bishop in 1904 and assigned the newly created diocese in Joliette. He created new educational institutions in Joliette and campaigned for temperance. He published a letter against a book that criticised the Catholic Church's opposition to the theory of evolution, and threatened to excommunicate its author.