Olier De Verneuil Jean Jacques 1608-1687 In 1640 Parish Priest Of


St. Sulpice, Paris, and established the St. Sulpice Seminary in 1645.

Founded in 1636 the Company of Montreal, through whose instrumentality

Maisonneuve was sent out in 1641-1642 to lay the foundations of the

future city. =Index=: (Bishop Laval era) His designs for establishing a religious

centre at Montreal, 6; trained by St. Vincent de Paul, 24; sends four

priests to Canada, 25; dying, recommends work to his successor, 135. (Count Frontenac era)

Founder of Sulpician Order, obtains grant of island of Montreal, 32.



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