Biografía
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He was a Roman Catholic missionary priest in the Order.
He arrived in British Columbia in 1879 and arrived in the Okanagan in 1882.
He constructed the first churches at the Coldwater Reserve (1885), Douglas Lake (1888), Nicola Lake Indian Reserve.
He opened a church at Shulus in 1905 and dedicated the first Roman Catholic Church at Merritt in 1911.
He served in the Nicoola valley until 1927.
He developed a Chinook shorthand which he used in his newspaper Kamloops Wawa, and in his teachings.
Referencias
- Nicola Valley Archives Association. (1989)
- Cronin, Kay (1960)
- Downs, Barry (1980)
