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Birth: 04 Nov 1656 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Baptism: 09 Nov 1656 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Death: 07 Mar 1728/29 Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada Burial: 09 Mar 1728/29 Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada Father: Paul Vachon Mother: Marguerite Langlois
Family 1Ordained as Priest on 21 Dec 1680
Canon in 1684
One source lists him as the 9th French Canadian Priest
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\Marguerite Langlois
/ Noel Langlois
\ Françoise Grenier
NotesOrdained as Priest on 21 Dec 1680
Canon in 1684
One source lists him as the 9th French Canadian Priest
From ref #14:
The eldest of the family, Paul Junior, was one of the first priests born on Canadian soil. Native of Beauport QC, and conditionally baptized at the house by Jean Creste, then officially baptized at Quebec on 9 November 1656 by Joseph Poncet, S.J., Paul pursued his studies at the seminary of Quebec. He was raised to the dignity of a priest by Mgr de Laval on 21 December 1680. Father Vachon served the South Coast as far as Cap-Saint-Ignace in 1683, and the North Coast from the Grondines to Batascan. He was named Canon of the Quebec chapter in 1684. In 1692 he served as Cure of Cap-de-la-Madeleine. The church of this Three Rivers parish, today a centre for pilgrimages, was constructed under his direction in 1717. Canon Vachon died on 7 March 1729 and was buried in the sanctuary of the church of the Cap. They exhumed his body in 1895, only to find him perfectly conserved.
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