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Percé in Le Rocher-Percé, Québec — Central Canada (French-Canadian)
 

350ᵉ anniversaire de la visite de François de Montmorency-Laval

 
 
350ᵉ anniversaire de la visite de François de Montmorency-Laval Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, July 17, 2014
1. 350ᵉ anniversaire de la visite de François de Montmorency-Laval Marker
Inscription.
Commémoration le 16 mai 2009 à Percé du 350ᵉ
anniversaire de la visite de François de Montmorency-Laval
(Montigny-sur-Avre, 1623 - Québec, 1708)
nommé Vicaire Apostolique de la Nouvelle-France en 1658
et Sacré premier évêque de Québec en 1674,
Monsiegneur François de Laval
confirme à l’isle Percée de 16 mai 1659 140 personnes
dont 55 Micmacs.

(Béatification de Francois de Laval le 22 juin 1980)

Commémoration sous les auspices de M. le Cardinal Marc
Ouellet, Archevêque de Quebec, Mgr Jean Gagnon, évêque du
diocèse de Gaspé, l’Abbé Tony Deblois, Curé de Percé.


English translation:
Commemoration May 16, 2009 in Percé of the 350ᵉ
anniversary of the visit of François de Montmorency-Laval
(Montigny-sur-Avre, 1623 - Quebec City, 1708)
appointed Vicar Apostolic of New France in 1658
First consecrated bishop of Quebec in 1674
Monsiegneur François de Laval
confirms to the isle Percé May 16, 1659 140 peoples including 55 Mi'kmaq.

(Béatification of Francois de Laval, June 22, 1980)

Commemoration under the auspices of the Cardinal Marc
Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec, Bishop Jean Gagnon, Bishop of
Diocese of Gaspé, Father
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Tony Deblois, pastor of Percé.

 
Erected 2009 by Diocese of Gaspé.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Churches & Religion. A significant historical date for this entry is May 16, 1603.
 
Location. 48° 31.386′ N, 64° 12.763′ W. Marker is in Percé, Québec, in Le Rocher-Percé. Marker is on Québec Route 132 close to Rue du Mont Joli, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 147 Quebec Highway 132, Percé QC G0C 2L0, Canada. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 7 other markers are within 13 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Edmund James Flynn (within shouting distance of this marker); Percé World War II Monument (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Percé Great War Memorial (about 90 meters away); William Edmond Logan (about 120 meters away); Artistes (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); A Rock Forever Sculpted by Time and Tide (approx. half a kilometer away); War Memorial (approx. 11.6 kilometers away).
 
Also see . . .  François de Laval - Wikipedia. Laval’s nomination as a bishop for New France was the result of increasing tensions regarding the ecclesiastical state of the colony. New France had been left without a bishop for the first 50 years of its settlement... By this time it had already
350ᵉ anniversaire de la visite de François de Montmorency-Laval Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, July 17, 2014
2. 350ᵉ anniversaire de la visite de François de Montmorency-Laval Marker
become clear that New France was in need of a more immediate ecclesiastical presence.
(Submitted on February 6, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.) 
 
Monsiegneur François de Laval image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Unknown
3. Monsiegneur François de Laval
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 18, 2021. It was originally submitted on February 6, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 348 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on February 6, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.

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