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Allouez, Claude Jean
1622 - Claude Jean Allouez was born in Saint-Didier-en-Velay on June 6, 1622.
1639 - He graduated from the College of Le Puy and became a Jesuit novitiate in Toulouse, France.
1655 - He was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Church.
1658 - He arrive in Quebec where he began a study of the Wyandot and Anishinaabe languages.
1660 - He became the superior of the mission at Trois-Rivieres, Quebec.
1663 - He was named vicar general of a part of the diocese of Quebec.
1667-1669 - He made a missionary tour of the Western missions and served as a missionary to the Potawatomi Indians in Wisconsin.
1671 - He founded the St. Francis Xavier Mission.
1677 - He arrived at Kaskaskia, Illonois.
1689 - He died on August 28, 1689 and buried in Niles.
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Father Claude Allouez, missionary by James I Clark (Unknown Binding - Aug 30, 2008) |
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Father Claude Allouez: The Francis Xavier of the Northwest, 1622-1922 by Minnie H Kelleher (Unknown Binding - Aug 30, 2008) |
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Narrative of a voyage made to the Illinois, by Claude Jean Allouez (Unknown Binding - Aug 30, 2008) |
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Facsimile of Père Marquette's Illinois prayer book by Claude Jean Allouez (Unknown Binding - Aug 30, 2008) |
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Claude Jean Allouez: " the apostle of the Ottawas " and the builder of the first Indian missions in Wisconsin (Parkman Club publication) by Joseph Stephen LaBoule (Unknown Binding - Jan 1, 1970) |
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Discovery and exploration of the Mississippi Valley: With the original narratives of Marquette, Allouez, Membré, Hennepin, and Anastase Douay by John Gilmary Shea (Unknown Binding - Aug 30, 2008) |
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