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198: Mémoire ou notice sur l'établissement de la mission de la Rivière Rouge et ses progrès depuis 1818 présenté à la Propagande, le 12 mars 1836 . [1836].
Provencher, Joseph Norbert (1787-1853.)
1787-1853. Founder of Catholicism in the West; arrived at Red River with Father Dumoulin, 1818; named titular Bishop of Juliopolos and coadjutor of the Bishop of Quebec for the Northwest, 1820; vicar apostolic for the Northwest, 1844; Bishop of the Northwest, 1847; Bishop of Saint-Boniface, 1852 (Morice, Histoire de l'église catholique).