Denis Jamet
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Denis Jamet (d. February 26, 1625, Montargis
, France
) was a French Recollect
priest and the first superior of the Canadian mission (1615).
Father Jamet, head of the religious province of Saint-Denis in France, in 1615 was chosen by his superiors as provincial commissary and chief of the first band of Recollect friars, who were also the first missionaries of Canada. He sailed from Honfleur
on the St. Étienne on April 24, 1615 with three other Recollects, Father Joseph Le Caron
, Father Jean Dolbeau
and Brother Pacifique Duploessis. They arrived at Tadoussac
on May 25 and Jamet went immediately with Samuel de Champlain
to meet the Indians at Sault St. Louis
. On June 24, 1615 at Rivière des Prairies
, he celebrated the first mass said in Quebec. He sent back to France a relation dated July 15, 1615 (addressed to Cardinal François de Joyeuse
). This relation included some description of the topography, climate, inhabitants, customs and religion of New France, as well as Jamet's views on the conditions necessary for the evangelization of the country.
On July 20, 1616 Father Jamet left for France with Champlain and Father Le Caron to urge before the king and the Associates of Rouen the material and spiritual interests of the colony. During his four years in France, while still working on behalf of the Canadian missions, he also served as superior of the convents of Saint-Denis (1617), Châlons (1618), and Sézanne, which he founded in 1619.
Again elected commissary provincial, he returned to Canada with Champlain and his wife, sailing on April 5, 1620 on the Sallemande. On reaching Quebec he exhorted the colonists to obey the viceroy and his lieutenant, Champlain. He completed the first regular convent of the Recollects at Quebec, Notre-Dame-des-Anges, with the financial assistance of Charles de Boves, vicar general of Pontoise
, Henry II de Bourbon
, Prince de Condé, and Sieur Louis Houel. He dedicated the convent on May 25, 1621. Jamet returned to France in the spring of 1622. He died at the convent of Montargis on February 26, 1625.
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This article incorporates text from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia
article "Denis Jamet" by Odoric-M. Jouve, a publication now in the public domain
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Montargis
Montargis is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. The town is located about south of Paris and east of Orléans in the Gâtinais....
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) was a French Recollect
Recollets
The Récollets were a French branch of the Roman Catholic order, the Franciscans , which developed out of a reform movement that began in the 15th century in Spain and established itself in France in Tulle in 1585, at Nevers in 1592, at Limoges in 1596 and in Paris in 1603...
priest and the first superior of the Canadian mission (1615).
Father Jamet, head of the religious province of Saint-Denis in France, in 1615 was chosen by his superiors as provincial commissary and chief of the first band of Recollect friars, who were also the first missionaries of Canada. He sailed from Honfleur
Honfleur
Honfleur is a commune in the Calvados department in northwestern France. It is located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine across from le Havre and very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie...
on the St. Étienne on April 24, 1615 with three other Recollects, Father Joseph Le Caron
Joseph Le Caron
Joseph Le Caron was one of the four pioneer missionaries of Canada , and the first missionary to the Hurons....
, Father Jean Dolbeau
Jean Dolbeau
Jean Dolbeau was a Recollect friar, one of the four Recollects who were the first Catholic missionaries to northern New France, present day Canada. Dolbeau-Mistassini in Quebec is named for him.-Life:Jean Dolbeau entered the order at the age of nineteen at Balmette, near Angers...
and Brother Pacifique Duploessis. They arrived at Tadoussac
Tadoussac, Quebec
Tadoussac is a village in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Saguenay rivers. It was France's first trading post on the mainland of New France and an important trading post in the seventeenth century, making it the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in...
on May 25 and Jamet went immediately with Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain , "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608....
to meet the Indians at Sault St. Louis
Kahnawake 14, Quebec
The Kahnawake Mohawk Territory is a reserve of the traditionally Iroquoian-speaking Mohawk nation on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, across from Montreal. Recorded by French Canadians in 1719 as a Jesuit mission, it has also been known as Seigneury Sault du St...
. On June 24, 1615 at Rivière des Prairies
Rivière des Prairies
The Rivière des Prairies is a delta channel of the Ottawa River in southwestern Quebec, Canada....
, he celebrated the first mass said in Quebec. He sent back to France a relation dated July 15, 1615 (addressed to Cardinal François de Joyeuse
François de Joyeuse
François de Joyeuse was a French churchman and politician.Born at Carcassonne, François de Joyeuse was the second son of Guillaume de Joyeuse and Marie Eléanor de Batarnay. As the younger son of a seigneur in an intensely religious family of bishops and soldiers, he was destined for a career in...
). This relation included some description of the topography, climate, inhabitants, customs and religion of New France, as well as Jamet's views on the conditions necessary for the evangelization of the country.
On July 20, 1616 Father Jamet left for France with Champlain and Father Le Caron to urge before the king and the Associates of Rouen the material and spiritual interests of the colony. During his four years in France, while still working on behalf of the Canadian missions, he also served as superior of the convents of Saint-Denis (1617), Châlons (1618), and Sézanne, which he founded in 1619.
Again elected commissary provincial, he returned to Canada with Champlain and his wife, sailing on April 5, 1620 on the Sallemande. On reaching Quebec he exhorted the colonists to obey the viceroy and his lieutenant, Champlain. He completed the first regular convent of the Recollects at Quebec, Notre-Dame-des-Anges, with the financial assistance of Charles de Boves, vicar general of Pontoise
Pontoise
Pontoise is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise.-Administration:...
, Henry II de Bourbon
Henry II de Bourbon, prince de Condé
Henri de Bourbon became Prince of Condé shortly after his birth, following the death of his father Henri I...
, Prince de Condé, and Sieur Louis Houel. He dedicated the convent on May 25, 1621. Jamet returned to France in the spring of 1622. He died at the convent of Montargis on February 26, 1625.
External links
- "Denis Jamet" by Frédéric Gingras at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- "Ontario’s Pioneer Priest Fr. Joseph Le Caron by John J. O’Gorman, S.C.D., The Catholic World, v. CII, March 1916. Contains additional information on the establishment of the mission
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This article incorporates text from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia
Catholic Encyclopedia
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article "Denis Jamet" by Odoric-M. Jouve, a publication now in the public domain
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