Marie Barbier de l'Assomption
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Marie Barbier de l'Assomption, (1663 – 19 May 1739), was a sister of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame and the first woman from Montreal to be part of Marguerite Bourgeoys congregation.
Barbier, who succeeded Bourgeoys as superior of the order, was instrumental in furthering its cause in New France. A sometime ally of Bishop Saint-Vallier; she spent many years struggling to keep the order free of some of his more oppressive decrees.
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