Émile Grouard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Émile Grouard

French missionary

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1840

Place of Birth: Brûlon, Pays de la Loire, France

Date of Death: 07-Mar-1931

Profession: missionary, Catholic priest

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Émile Jean-Baptiste Marie Grouard was born at Brulon, France February 2, 1840 and died in Grouard, Alberta on March 7, 1931.
He studied at the Séminaire de Québec, Quebec in 1860 and began his noviciate in 1862.
He served at Fort Chipewyan, Fort Providence, Lac La Biche and Dunvegan.
He was appointed the vicar apostolic of Athabasca-Mackenzie and titular bishop of Ibora in 1890 and in 1891 he was ordained bishop of the new diocese of Athabasca.He had steamboats built to travel on the Peace, Mackenzie, Slave and Athabasca Rivers.He published several books in the Cree, Chipewyan and Beaver languages with a Stanhope printing press he acquired on a trip to France in 1874.
In 1877 he and Bishop Faraud printed in syllabic type the first book published in Alberta.During the negotiations of Treaty 8 in 1899 he advised the First Nations of Lesser Slave Lake.