classical program in 1826. In his work as an educator Girouard thought he had “many enemies, even within the clergy,” and at the same time “many friends

resident clergy on Grand Manan, Gerrish also was made a commissioner for performing marriages. Among other initiatives, Gerrish purchased a pair of moose

. In the navy he was noted for his piety and his strict views on morality. In Newfoundland he earned a reputation for assistance to schools and charitable institutions and for encouragement of the clergy

of clime, country or creed,” with clergy of all denominations invited to care for their own charges. Ewer’s great dream was to see a local seminary for the training of priests, to him an essential need

decision of the Court of King’s Bench at Quebec that refused civil registers to all but Anglican and Roman Catholic clergy [see Clark Bentom

Kavanagh, a well-known Irish Catholic merchant. Rumours as to the reasons for Doucet’s departure were deflected as much as possible by clergy in

who founded the local classical college, and his marriage with the pious Marie-Rosalie Papineau lend interest to the matter of his attitude to religion and the clergy’s influence. Dessaulles had known

Constitution of the Clergy, which did away with ecclesiastical titles and benefices. Desjardins first withdrew to his parents’ home in Messas and then went to Bayeux with Louis-Joseph, who had become a priest

the clergy. Because of their Presbyterian origins, the Scotch Baptists tended to be extremely suspicious of sudden crisis conversions, which were at the heart of the Nova Scotia New Light-Baptist

economic development. Another source of inconvenience and controversy was the reservation of one-seventh of each township for the support of a Protestant clergy and an additional one-seventh as crown lands

opposed to the recruitment of clergy through immigration, decided to expel them, even though a petition from parishioners in Montreal was presented by Jean-Baptiste-Amable

the rear township of South Crosby to erect a mill there. The brothers agreed and in April 1820 Benjamin secured a lease to lot 17, concession 8, a clergy reserve lot with a suitable mill-seat

increase the numbers of the clergy. That summer he and parish priest François Pigeon* campaigned against the installation of Bishop

Protestant, clergy and prominent laymen; not surprisingly, he had great influence and converted some Protestants. An adviser to whom Bishop Plessis paid attention, he was also the spiritual director of a

object of the attention of local clergy during the assizes. Jackson saw him “every day but one” and claimed, “Never have I witnessed so great an instance of obduracy and insensibility.” Eventually, however

Petit Séminaire de Quebec in 1765, the year it reopened. The scarcity of clergy probably accounts for the fact that Brassard Deschenaux began studies leading to the priesthood in 1769, received the

weight behind Papineau and his ideas. His unconditional support of the Patriote party was confirmed at every vote by roll call in the house. Like his leader, he attacked the clergy who openly opposed the

holiness.” With few exceptions, he was warmly received not only by Methodists but by Anglican clergy and other influential people. At Charlottetown in 1794 he was given the use of the parish church by

travelled through the province supervising the clergy and schoolmasters. His “active and valuable superintendence” was appreciated by a great many people. Bishop Inglis, who in 1826 made the first Anglican

foundations. Both the Quebec Act of 1774 and the Constitutional Act of 1791 referred to a Protestant clergy. Thus, the Church of Scotland by virtue of its position as one of the established churches of Great