mission, son œuvre, a pamphlet published in Montreal in 1896, “Let us say in passing that a few of these bandits later became the leaders of the Conservative party and the idols of the clergy before

would trade all their furs for a jug or two of brandy. For the more unscrupulous of the French traders this offered an excellent opportunity to make large profits. The clergy, however, were appalled by

supervise road projects went nowhere. Absentee landowners and the system of crown and clergy reserves were among the chief deterrents to settlement and a viable road network, so in 1825 Felton turned to the

Gulf of St Lawrence. The bishop’s arrival at Arichat, Cape Breton Island, on 3 July 1815, attracted a number of the region’s clergy

Desjardins*. In his selection of these paintings, Kelly displayed a refinement of taste in religious art uncommon among the clergy of his time. Trained under Plessis’s influence, Kelly, unlike most of the

Turgeon*, because of opposition from the Sulpicians and pettifogging from Rome. Backed by the majority of his clergy, Signay insisted on ratification of his choice and won. On 27 Jan. 1834 the

. When Bishop Panet died in 1833, Turgeon could not continue to resist the pleas of the clergy. Signay, the new bishop, succeeded in having him elected as coadjutor and the election recognized by the civil

throughout his episcopate, was the recruitment of clergy for his mission. Although he was later prone to claim that there had been only seven priests in Newfoundland upon his accession, in his report to Rome

from the Holy See, concurred that the lower clergy largely shared the views of the Montreal–Trois-Rivières group. The ideological tension that marked Pius IX’s pontificate and contemporary

was Doutre who fought a duel with Cartier, the latter considering himself to have been ridiculed by this scurrilous document. The clergy, convinced

coadjutor with the right of succession. For years Bourget had been battling with successive archbishops and with the clergy at Quebec. Tired of acting as an arbiter in these differences over power, religious

Willson. He was also concerned to foster the Church of England in Upper Canada, particularly to improve the lot of its clergy. His circular of 11 Oct. 1809 asked for details of

[Lom d’Arce]. To evangelize the Indians and to keep the French within the bounds of Christianity, however, the clergy in Canada was not

member of the Church of England. By 1844 he had decided to enter the ministry. The churchmanship of the clergy in Liverpool was notoriously low, and even before he had any formal theological training he

death the following year left the diocesan clergy divided. Secular priests, who made up nearly half the contingent, insisted that his successor come from their ranks because St Boniface was no longer

. Maguire was interested in education and felt that its development by the clergy would increase clerical vocations. In May 1821 Plessis named him to a committee at Quebec headed by Joseph-François

. When Charles La Rocque died on 15 July 1875, the clergy and the people spontaneously proposed vicar general Moreau as his successor. But the late bishop had warned Archbishop Elzéar-Alexandre

authoritative style of leadership that he had demonstrated at Assumption. He insisted on well-trained clergy, strict adherence to the moral and dogmatic teaching of the church, and fiscal restraint. Fearful of

clergy reserves in the Canadas. Sherbrooke’s concern for the welfare of the Church of England was coupled with a candid recognition of the need for a

he was accepted by the assembly of the clergy of France, Abbé Queylus was not received favourably by the Jesuits. They, declining an invitation from the queen mother, Anne of Austria, to have one of