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Place of Birth: Gigondas, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
About Henri Faraud
- Henri Faraud, (17 June 1823 – 26 September 1890), a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, was the first Vicar Apostolic of Athabasca-Mackenzie in western Canada. He was born in Gigondas, France and trained for the priesthood with the Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
- He came to Canada in 1846 as a result of a search for missionaries for the northern missions by Bishop Joseph-Norbert Provencher.
- In 1847 he was ordained at Saint Boniface in what later became Manitoba.
- Father Faraud initially worked at Île-à-la-Crosse, but moved farther northwest in 1848, and he ministered to the Aboriginal peoples in Canada for the rest of his career.
- Bishop Alexandre-Antonin Taché, who had succeeded Provencher, worked to have the Apostolic vicariate created and Father Faraud made bishop.
- The first occurred in 1862, and Henri Faraud was made bishop in 1864.
- Bishop Faraud spent the next 25 years in the north, which he rarely left.
- He authored several works on his work in the Northwest.
- Persuaded to retire shortly before his death, he spent his remaining few months at Saint Boniface, where he died.
- He was laid to rest in the crypt of Saint Boniface Cathedral next to the remains of Bishop Provencher.
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