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    Joseph-Norbert Provencher (February 12, 1787 – June 7, 1853) was a Canadian clergyman and missionary and one of the founders of the modern province of...
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  • newspaper editor Norbert Provencher (1787–1853), Canadian clergyman and missionary This page lists people with the surname Provencher. If an internal link...
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  • Joseph Alfred Norbert Provencher (1843–1887) was a Canadian pioneer, politician and newspaper editor. He served as a member of the Council of Keewatin...
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    went to work with Bishop Joseph-Norbert Provencher, the new Vicar Apostolic of the Northwest Territories. Provencher ordained Taché a deacon a week later...
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    enrolments. Université de Saint-Boniface was established by Father Norbert Provencher (1787–1853) in 1818, making it western Canada's oldest post-secondary...
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    river is The Forks in Downtown Winnipeg. In 1818, newly arrived Rev. Norbert Provencher and two colleagues constructed the first church on land on the east...
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  • Provenchère or Provencher may refer to: Joseph Provencher (1843–1887), Canadian journalist and politician Norbert Provencher (1787–1853), Canadian clergyman...
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    Québec Pierre-Antoine Tabeau (1834); did not take effect Joseph Norbert Provencher (1820–1844), appointed Vicar Apostolic of North-West (Nord-Ouest)...
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    converted to the Catholic faith. After petitioning the Bishop, Joseph-Norbert Provencher, and gaining the approval of the governor of the Hudson's Bay Company...
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  • Quebec, for a resident priest. In 1818, Plessis sent Rev. Joseph-Norbert Provencher, Rev. Dumoulin and seminarian Guilaume Etienne Edge to open a mission...
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  • Friedrich Hölderlin, German lyric poet and author (b. 1770) 1853 – Norbert Provencher, Canadian missionary and bishop (b. 1787) 1854 – Charles Baudin, French...
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    French Canadian settlers representing a group of 77 were petitioning Norbert Provencher, the Bishop of Juliopolis at the Red River Colony (present-day Winnipeg...
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    was given the name St. Norbert by Bishop Alexandre-Antonin Taché in honour of the patron saint of Bishop Joseph-Norbert Provencher, the first bishop of...
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  • Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist and chemist (d. 1838) 1787 – Norbert Provencher, Canadian bishop and missionary (d. 1853) 1788 – Carl Reichenbach...
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    justice of the peace, judge, and politician (born 1785) June 7 – Norbert Provencher, clergyman, missionary and Bishop (born 1787) June 28 – Benjamin Eby...
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    British-Canadian spy, who was born in Winnipeg. Provencher Boulevard (French: Boulevard Provencher) is named for Norbert Provencher, the first Roman Catholic Bishop...
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  • Hudson's Bay Company. 1818 – The Catholic Church sent two missionaries, Norbert Provencher and Sévère Dumoulin, to the forks of the Assiniboine River and the...
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    James Bay. In 1845, at the request of the Bishop of Saint Boniface, Norbert Provencher, the Oblates went to Red River Colony, Manitoba. This was the beginning...
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  • Red River and recaptures Fort Douglas. Summer 16, 1818 — Fathers Norbert Provencher and Sévère-Joseph-Nicolas Dumoulin arrive at Red River. September...
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    Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière 122 97.60% – Undeclared Joseph-Alfred-Norbert Provencher 3 2.40% – Total 125 – – Rejected N/A – Eligible voters / turnout 125...
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    school celebrates Saint Boniface on 5 June each year. In 1818, Father Norbert Provencher founded a mission on the east bank of the Red River in what was then...
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    Genest 143 Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville (Bleu) Yamaska Moïse Fortier (Lib) 797 Joseph Albert Norbert Provencher (Cons) 760 Moïse Fortier (Rouge)...
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    wrote to Bishop Joseph-Norbert Provencher to request the establishment of a mission at Île-à-la-Crosse. The same year, Provencher received another letter...
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    Lucier and 15 other Catholic settlers petitioned Auxiliary Bishop Norbert Provencher, head of the church in present-day Manitoba, to send a priest to their...
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    requesting from Bishop Provencher of the Red River colony to send priests to what was then known as the Oregon Country. Bishop Provencher originally suggested...
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  • parishes. Tourond was a founding member of the Societé Agricole du Comté de Provencher and served as one of its first directors and also served on the board...
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  • Portage la Prairie Esplanade Riel − Winnipeg The Bridges of St Norbert - St Norbert Provencher Bridge − Winnipeg Elm Park Bridge − Winnipeg St. Vital Bridge...
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    McDonald, businessman and political figure (d.1860) February 12 – Norbert Provencher, clergyman, missionary and Bishop (d.1853) November 12 – Pierre-Flavien...
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    fur trader, businessman, farmer and political figure. He represented Provencher in the House of Commons of Canada during the 1st Canadian Parliament as...
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    Nuns who lived in this house arrived in 1844, and lived with Bishop Norbert Provencher until the house had been started. The four women moved into the house...
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