Father Joseph-Noël Ritchot (25 December 1825 – 16 March 1905) commonly known as Father Noël-Joseph Ritchot was a Roman Catholic priest

Priest

A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...

 noted for his role in negotiating with the Government of Canada

Government of Canada

The Government of Canada, formally Her Majesty's Government, is the system whereby the federation of Canada is administered by a common authority; in Canadian English, the term can mean either the collective set of institutions or specifically the Queen-in-Council...

 on behalf of the Métis

Métis people (Canada)

The Métis are one of the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who trace their descent to mixed First Nations parentage. The term was historically a catch-all describing the offspring of any such union, but within generations the culture syncretised into what is today a distinct aboriginal group, with...

  during the Red River Rebellion

Red River Rebellion

The Red River Rebellion or Red River Resistance was the sequence of events related to the 1869 establishment of a provisional government by the Métis leader Louis Riel and his followers at the Red River Settlement, in what is now the Canadian province of Manitoba.The Rebellion was the first crisis...

 of 1869 – 1870.

Ritchot credited the Blessed Virgin Mary with allowing the Red River Rebellion to end successfully with the creation of Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

 without bloodshed. Ritchot built La Chapelle de Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Secours in 1875 in her honour in St. Norbert, Manitoba

St. Norbert, Manitoba

St. Norbert is a bilingual neighbourhood in the southernmost part of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. While outside the Perimeter Highway, , it is still part of the city. The population is just over 5,000. Each summer, the community is home to the St...

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External links

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online