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Laval, François de Montmorency
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[German Version] (Apr 30, 1623, Montigny-sur-Aure, France – May 6, 1708, Quebec, Canada) was the first bishop of Quebec. Laval was trained for the priesthood in the premier Jesuit schools and was sent as vicar apostolic (Vicar, Apostolic) to New France in 1659. In Quebec he established the parish system, built schools, and founded the Seminary of Quebec, the heart of his design to build a Catholic culture. He struggled with merchants and politicians who resisted his attempts to stop the trade in l…
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Macdonnell, Sir Alexander
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[German Version] (1794, Belfast – Jan 21, 1875, Dublin), Irish politician, educated in Westminster and Oxford, where he gained his B.A. in 1816, winning in total four distinctions for Latin, English verse, and essays, an accumulation of prizes that had only been awarded once before. Interrupting a career as a lawyer in England, he returned to Ireland, where he was appointed minister for public education, remaining in office from 1839 to 1871. Although a convinced Protestant, he worked to make it possible for poor ¶ Catholics to receive a Catholic education, and also attempted, i…
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Religion Past and Present
