Magazine Sélection Reader’s Digest 2008 • Biography published “Appelez-moi Pops” • Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Award 2006 • Documentary film on Pop’s life called “Notre Père” launched • Certificate Honorary Member – Canadian Pediatric Society 2005 • Honorary Doctorate Honoris Causea – Saint Paul University 2004 • Recipient – Reader’s Digest Hero of the Year award • Carrier of the Olympic Flame 2003 • Honorary Doctorate Honoris Causea – McGill University • Recipient – Medal of the University of Montreal • Grand Officer – National Order of Quebec • Honorary certificate – HEC Montreal / Commerce Magazine • Prix de la Santé et du Bien-être social – Ordre des psychologues du Québec • Honorary Doctorate Degree – Université du Québec à Montréal 2002 • Golden Jubilee Medal – Canadian Governers General • Simon McDonaugh Humanitarian Award – United Irish Societies of Montreal • Bishop Crowley Award – English Catholic Council • Great Montrealer – The Academy of Great Montrealers 2001 • The Rights and Freedoms Prize – Commission des Droits de la personne et des droits à la jeunesse 2000 • Communications & Leadership Award from Toastmasters International 1999 • Award of excellence – Montreal Urban Police • Annual Desjardins Prize • Member to the Order of Canada 1998 • Humanitarian Award – The Association of Quebec Psychiatrists • Anne Greenup Citizenship Award 1997 • Honorary Doctorate Degree – Concordia University • 12th Honor Roll of Excellence – Maclean’s magazine References 1928 births 2018 deaths Quebec people of Irish descent People from Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Anglophone Quebec people 20th-century Canadian Roman Catholic priests Canadian humanitarians Grand Officers of the National Order of Quebec Members of the Order of Canada Clergy from Montreal Neurological disease deaths in Quebec Deaths from Parkinson's disease Loyola College (Montreal) alumni 21st-century Canadian Roman Catholic priests