Pascal Talon | |
Fictional Character | |
Southern Victory POD: September 10, 1862 | |
Appearance(s): | American Front through The Center Cannot Hold |
Type of Appearance: | Direct |
Nationality: | Republic of Quebec (born in Canada) |
Religion: | Catholicism |
Date of Birth: | 19th century |
Occupation: | Priest, Politician |
Spouse: | Suzette |
Children: | Unnamed twin son and daughter (b. 1925) |
Father Pascal Talon was a Catholic priest in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada during the Great War. An opportunist and a nationalist as well as a man of the cloth, Talon began supporting the Americans as soon as they overran his town, assisting U.S. Army Major Jedediah Quigley with the pacification of Rivière-du-Loup and its surrounding farmland by delivering pro-American sermons to his congregation. He was made Bishop in 1916 when his church in Riviére-du-Loup became the seat of a new diocese created by the Church. This coincided with the establishment of the Republic of Quebec.
In 1925, Bishop Pascal found himself at the center of a scandal when it was revealed that he had taken a mistress and had fathered twins on her. He was very abruptly defrocked and soon replaced by Father Guillaume. As a layman, he married the mother of his twins and moved his family to Quebec City to begin a new life.
As Lucien Galtier noted, Pascal served God and himself at the same time.
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Preceded by New office |
Bishop of Rivière-du-Loup (Southern Victory) 1916-1925 |
Succeeded by Father Guillaume |