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François Louis de Pourroy de Lauberivière

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Installed
  
1739

Term ended
  
1740

Predecessor
  
Pierre-Herman Dosquet

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Born
  
June 16, 1711 Grenoble, France (
1711-06-16
)

Died
  
20 August 1740, Quebec City, Canada

Successor
  
Henri-Marie Dubreil de Pontbriand

Diocese
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec

François-Louis de Pourroy de Lauberivière (June 16, 1711 – August 20, 1740) was the fifth bishop of the diocese of Quebec (1739–1740). He was trained in France and had a doctor of theology from the Sorbonne.

Biography

François-Louis was ordained a priest in 1735 after completing his studies at the Jesuit college in Grenoble and a seminary in Paris. In March, 1739, Louis XV appointed him to succeed Bishop Pierre Hermann Dosquet from Quebec.

He sailed from La Rochelle on the Rubis on 10 June 1740 along with various priests and servants. A fever broke out when they reached the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and quickly spread through the lower status passengers. The bishop and his priests worked wherever needed to assist those in need.

At the request of the Intendant of New France, Gilles Hocquart, Pourroy de Lauberivière disembarked at Île-aux-Coudres to make his way to Quebec and arrived there on August 8, 1740. He began the usual round of welcomes including dinners with the Intendant and governor Beauharnois. He fell ill on August 13 and died on August 20.

References

François-Louis de Pourroy de Lauberivière Wikipedia