priest with such a position would bring embarrassment to the Church. Participating in the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), Roy was created Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del Ss. Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi by Pope Paul VI in the consistory of February 22, 1965. He was named the first President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity and of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace on January 6, 1967, and then first President of the Pontifical Council for the Family on January 11, 1973. As President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity and of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, it was to Roy, that Pope Paul VI addressed his apostolic letter of 14 May 1971, Octogesima adveniens commemorating the eightieth anniversary of Rerum novarum and discussing the role of the laity and local churches in responding to situations of injustices. In 1971 Roy was made a Companion of the Order of Canada, and he resigned all three of his Curial posts on December 16, 1976. He was a cardinal elector in the conclaves of August and October 1978, and stepped down as Quebec's archbishop on March 20, 1981, after a period of thirty-three years. Roy died in his sleep at a hospital in Quebec, at age 80. He is buried in the crypt of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. Thus his baptism, confirmation, priestly ordination, episcopal consecration, installment as Archbishop of Quebec, and burial all took place at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. Honours : Order of Canada – (early 1970s) : Officer of the Order of the British Empire - (late 1940s) References External links Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church Catholic-Hierarchy Cardinal Roy on Being a Military Chaplain 1905 births 1985 deaths Companions of the Order of Canada Canadian cardinals Participants in the Second Vatican Council Canadian Officers of the Order of the British Empire Roman Catholic archbishops of Quebec World War II chaplains 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Canada Université Laval alumni Burials at the Cathedral-Basilica of Notre-Dame de Québec Pontifical Council for the Laity Pontifical Council for the Family Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Cardinals created by Pope Paul VI University of Paris alumni Roman Catholic bishops of Trois-Rivières Université Laval faculty