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The Congregation of the Holy Spirit, having been put in pastoral charge of Guyane, sends 4 priests from its seminary.

The Ordination of Joseph-Mathurin Bourg, a product of the Seminaire du Saint-Esprit in Paris, by Mgr. Briand at Montreal. He is sent to Arca-dia as Vicar for the whole territory.

St. Pierre & Miquelon

Mgr Julien Becquet, is made Prefect Apostolic of St. Pierre et Miquelon, Préfet apostolique de St Pierre & Miquelon. He is succeeded by 13 other Prefects up until 1970.

Père François Becquet succeeds Père Bouïc after his long period as Superior General (1710-1763). He will lead the Congregation right up to the eve of the French Revolution (1788) and…

St. Pierre & Miquelon

Père Manach, the first Prefect Apostolic, failed to arrive at the islands because of unfavourable winds. He ended up in the West Indies.

Arrival of the first Spiritan at Gorée, Jean-Baptiste Demanet.

St. Pierre & Miquelon

The Treaty of Versailles. The only remaining French possession in North America is St. Pierre et Miquelon. In the same year, a Prefecture Apostolic is created and confided to the…

Fr. Paulinus Ezike is killed during the civil war. Ordained in 1966, he was killed during an air raid.

The death of the third successor of Poullart des Places, M. Louis Bouic, after directing the Congregation for 53 years.

Père Louis Bouic buys a property in the rue des Postes, (30, rue Lhomond) Paris, for the Seminaire du Saint-Esprit. They move in on January 1st, 1732.

Death of Père Pierre Caris. He was the bursar of the Seminaire du Saint-Esprit for 45 years: "This poor priest of outstanding virtue and regarded by all as a saint"…

The death of Jean-Baptiste Faulconnier, the first student of Poullart des Places.

First recorded presence of a Spiritan in what is now the USA: Père Pierre Maillard at Boston.

Père Le Loutre, formed in the spirituality of Poullart des Places, devotes himself totally to the cause of the Acadians in present-day Nova Scotia, both before and after their forced…

The Major Seminary of Meaux (France) is confided to the Congregation of the Holy Spirit; they direct it until its suppression at the French revolution.

The Séminaire du Saint-Esprit is approved by Mgr Gaspard de Vintimille, the Archbishop of Paris. Despite his efforts from May, 1726, M. Bouic had failed to get recognition for the…

Rule of 1734, repeating the Règlements...

This Congregation is consecrated to the Holy Spirit under the invocation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, conceived without sin. Therefore, the feasts of Pentecost and the Immaculate Conception will be…

The Rule of 1734, nos. 83,84,85,91

The Procurator (bursar of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit) will consider these words as addressed to him personally: 'Seek first the Kingdom of God and its justice and the…

The Seminaire du Saint-Esprit moves into the rue des Postes (now rue Lhomond).

The first Spiritan missionary arrives in the Western hemisphere, Père François Frison de la Mothe and is stationed as a teacher at the Quebec seminary. He is followed in 1735…

L'Abbé de l'Isle-Dieu becomes the Vicar General of Mgr. Dosquet; thanks to him, the seminary at Quebec receives staff from the Seminaire du Saint-Esprit in Paris. To show his gratitude,…

Arrival of the first Sisters of St Paul de Chartres to run the hospital.

First letters patent from King Louis XV of France, authorising the establishment of s community of students under the title of the Holy and the Immaculate Conception.

Ordination to the priesthood of René-Jean Allenou de la Ville-Angevin, a disciple of Poullart des Places and second father of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit (Brittany).

Death of Jacques Garnier, the successor of Poullart des Places. The seven most senior students chose Louis Bouic, aged 25, as the new superior. He is subsequently re-elected 17 times…

Louis Bouic is ordained priest by the Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal de Noailles, 11 days before the death of Claude Poullart des Places. A few months later, he will become…

Arrival of the Jesuits. They are responsible for all the missionary work in the country up to their suppression in 1784. The work is then continued by the Spiritans.

Claude Poullart des Places is ordained priest by Mgr. de Thiard de Bissy, the Bishop of Meaux and the successor of Bossuet. He is a great benefactor of the Seminaire…

Claude-François Poullart des Places is ordained deacon in Paris.

Claude Poullart des Places receives the sub-diaconate.

The beginning of the retreat that Poullart des Places makes with the Jesuits at rue Turnefort (Réflexions sur le passé). A year later, he moves with his community into the…

Messire Claude-François Poullart des Places, in the year one thousand, seven hundred and three, on the Feast of Pentecost, while still only an aspirant to the ecclesiastical state, began the…

The birth of Louis Bouic at Guillac in the diocese of St. Malo. He is the second successor of Claude Poullart des Places at the age of 26 after the…

Baptism of Claude-François Poullart des Places in the church of St. Peter and St. George. His godfather is Count Claude de Marbeuf, president of the parliament of Brittany: "a high…

Birth at Rennes of Claude-François Poullart des Places, the son of François-Claude Poullart des Places (an inspector of counterfeit money) and Jeanne le Meneust.

Arrival of the first priests in Guyane – Capuchins.

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