Étienne de Carheil

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Étienne de Carheil (20 November 1633 – 27 July 1726) was a French Jesuit priest who became a missionary to the Iroquois and Huron Indians in the New World. He served as the chief Jesuit missionary to the Native Americans of the Straits of Mackinac area from 1686 until about 1702. In this duty, he clashed often with the secular leader of Fort de Buade, the French commandant Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.

External links

Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Etienne de Carheil". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.

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Name	Carheil, Etienne de
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Date of birth	20 November 1633
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Date of death	27 July 1726
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