Michel Baudouin (Baudoin), (16 March 1691 – 1768), a

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missionary, was born at Quebec and was the brother of

Gervais Baudoin Gervais Baudoin (3 August 1686 – 30 June 1752) was born in Quebec, the son of Gervais Baudouin, a surgeon-major of Quebec. He decided to pursue the medical profession and became a surgeon. Baudoin studied at the seminary of Quebec and then stud ...

and son of

Gervais Baudouin Gervais Baudouin (c. 1645 – 1700) was a surgeon born in France who came to New France about 1677. Baudouin's practice in Quebec consisted of being the doctor to the local Ursulines as well as the seminary of Quebec. In 1695, he was appointed s ...

. Michel began his Jesuit noviciate at

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in 1713 and previous to that had completed his college and philosophy studies, probably in Canada. By 1715 he was teaching and was ordained a priest in 1725. In 1728 he was posted to the missions in Louisiana. In Louisiana, Baudouin was assigned to the

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Mission, where he remained for eighteen years. From 1749 until 1763, he was Superior-General of the Louisiana mission. At that time the expulsion of the Jesuits was taking place in that area but the priest was allowed to remain. He retired and died in New Orleans. According to sources, he was a dedicated priest and gentle man who served his country, his faith, and the people to whom he ministered.

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