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ST. VALLIER, Jean Baptist De Lacroix Chevrieres de,
Canadian R. C. bishop, born in Grenoble, Dauphine, France, 14 November, 1653;
died in Quebec, 26 December, 1727. He was chaplain to Louis XIV, and in 1684,
when Laval, bishop of Quebec, went to France to engage a successor, his
recommendation by the royal chaplain secured his appointment to that office.
He arrived in Canada in July, 1685, in his capacity of
vicar-general to Bishop Laval, and remained until November, 1687, when he
returned to France. He was consecrated bishop of Quebec, at St. Sulpice de
Paris, by Nicholas Colbert, archbishop of Carthage, in January, 1688, and
returned to Canada in August of the same year.
He founded the General Hospital of Quebec in 1693, and
the Ursulines of Three Rivers in 1697. While he was bishop, Louis XIV confirmed
by letters-patent, in October, 1697, the erection of the bishopric of Quebec,
and the union of the rectory to the seminary, as well as of the revenues of
Labbaye de Meubee to the bishopric.
ST. VALLIER, Jean Baptist De Lacroix Chevrieres de, Canadian R. C. bishop, born in Grenoble, Dauphine, France, 14 November, 1653 ; died in Quebec, 26 December, 1727. He was chaplain to Louis XIV., and in 1684, when Laval, bishop of Quebec, went to France to engage a successor, his recommendation by the royal chaplain secured his appointment to that office. He arrived in Canada in July, 1685, in his capacity of vicar-general to Bishop Laval, and remained until November, 1687, when he returned to France. He was consecrated bishop of Quebec, at St. Sulpice de Paris, by Nicholas Colbert, archbishop of Carthage, in January, 1688, and returned to Canada in August of the same year. He founded the general hospital of Quebec in 1693, and the Ursulines of Three Rivers in 1697. While he was bishop, Louis XIV. confirmed by letters-patent, in October, 1697. the erection of the bishopric of Quebec, and the union of the rectory to the seminary, as well as of the revenues of Labbaye de Meubee to the bishopric.
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