- Gabriel Souart
Abbé Gabriel Souart (c. 1611 –
8 March 1691 ) was aRecollet priest and the nephew of FatherJoseph Le Caron . He is most often remembered in Canadian history as the first parish priest ofMontréal .Souart entered the priesthood later in life, having previously studied and practiced medicine. He became a priest in 1650 and was sent to
New France to help found the Séminaire de Montréal. At the same time he began to organize the parish which had previously been ministered to by the Jesuits as a group since 1640. He also acted as an able replacement for his superior, Abbé Queylus, chaplain of the Notre-Dame congregation andHôtel-Dieu de Montréal .External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=274 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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