Marcel-François Richard
Marcel-François Richard (9 April 1847, Saint-Louis-de-Kent, New Brunswick - 18 June 1915, Rogersville, New Brunswick) was a Roman Catholic priest and a Canadian educator. He played an important part in the development of the Acadian people. Life Born in Saint-Louis-de-Kent, New Brunswick, he studied in public schools and then at St. Dunstan's College in Charlottetown. He completed his classical studies before studying theology at the Grand Séminaire de Montréal. In 1870 at age 23, he was ordained as a priest by Bishop Peter McIntyre of Charlottetown. He was named vicar in the parish of his birth Saint-Louis-de-Kent, and then parish priest for the next fifteen years. In Saint-Louis-de-Kent, his principal concern was education. In 1874, he invited the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal to set up a community in the area. They built a convent dedicated to teaching women including nuns and Catholic teachers. Also, he had a bilingual school built for young Acadians in 187 ...
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