Alexander-Antonine Taché, O.M.I.
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The Most Reverend Alexandre-Antonin Taché, O.M.I. |
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| Archbishop of Saint Boniface | |
Archbishop Taché circa 1890
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| Archdiocese | Saint Boniface |
| Installed | 7 June 1853 |
| Term ended | 22 June 1894 |
| Predecessor | Norbert Provencher |
| Successor | Adélard Langevin, O.M.I. |
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| Ordination | 12 October 1845 |
| Consecration | 23 November 1851 |
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| Born |
23 July 1823 Rivière-du-Loup Province of Lower Canada |
| Died | 22 June 1894 (aged 70) St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada |
| Nationality | Canada |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | Charles Taché and Louise-Henriette de Labroquerie |
| Occupation | Missionary and Archbishop |
| Profession | Cleric |
| Alma mater | Grand Seminaire, Montreal, Quebec |
Alexandre-Antonin Taché, O.M.I., (23 July 1823 – 22 June 1894) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, missionary of the Oblate order, author and the first Archbishop of Saint Boniface in Manitoba, Canada.
He was born in Rivière-du-Loup, in the Province of Lower Canada (now Quebec), on 23 July 1823, the son of Charles Taché, a merchant, and Louise-Henriette de Labroquerie, a descendent of the famed explorers Louis Jolliet and Gaultier de Varennes. When his father died in January 1826, the Widow Taché was forced to return to her family home in Boucherville. The young Alexandre was raised there under the care of his uncle, in a home where the arts, study and the Catholic faith were part of the daily fabric of life.
He attended the junior seminary at Saint-Hyacinthe starting in September 1833. While there Taché started to feel a religious calling, which was guided and supported by his mother and the faculty of the school. Deciding that he did want to become a priest, after graduation from the seminary, he entered the Major Seminary run by the Sulpician Fathers in Montreal, where he began his studies for ordination.
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