Collège François-de-Laval

Collège François-de-Laval
Collège François-de-Laval
Address
	6, rue de la Vieille-Université; Quebec City, Quebec, G1R 5X8; Canada
Coordinates	46°48′55″N 71°12′20″W / 46.8154°N 71.2056°W
Information
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Founded	1668
Directeur Général	Marc Dallaire
Language	French
Website	collegefdl.ca

Collège François-de-Laval (previously Petit Séminaire de Québec) is a private French-language Roman Catholic secondary school in the Vieux-Québec area of Quebec City, Quebec.

Origins and current status

The school was founded in 1668, as part of the Séminaire de Québec. Until 1970, the Superior of the Seminary was also the Rector of Université Laval, which was originally an offshoot of it. In 1985, the seminary transferred the secondary school to a new secular not-for-profit organization, "le Collège François-de-Laval", which was given the right to use the "Petit Séminaire de Québec" name.

Another school, Le Petit Séminaire de Québec, campus de l'Outaouais was founded as a branch of the school in the Outaouais area of western Quebec.

A separate organization with a similar name, the Petit séminaire diocésain de Québec, is a residential school for boys considering the Roman Catholic priesthood, managed by the Séminaire de Québec.

Background

Many French-Canadian clergy of the 18th and 19th century, as well as innumerable academics, went through the Petit Séminaire before higher education became widely accessible.

Of 867 students who lived at the Petit Séminaire during the French period, 198 graduated. Of these, 118 became priests or brothers, and 80 chose other occupations, according to research by historian Mgr Amédée Gosselin.^[1]

Notable graduates

Pierre-Stanislas Bédard, lawyer, journalist, judge, member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
Amable Berthelot, member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada and the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
Michel-Amable Berthelot Dartigny, member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada; lawyer and notary
Jean Blanchet (physician), member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada and the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada; physician
René-Édouard Caron, lawyer, judge, politician, and second Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau (1829–1837), first Premier of Quebec
Paul Fiset, microbiologist and developer of the Q fever vaccine^[2]
Jean-François Hubert, Bishop of Quebec, 1788–1797
Thomas Lee (notary), notary and member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
Jean-Marie Mondelet, notary and political figure in Lower Canada
Augustin-Norbert Morin, journalist, lawyer, politician, and Patriote in Lower Canada
Denis-Benjamin Papineau, Lower Canada politician, co-premier of the Province of Canada
Louis-Joseph Papineau, Lower Canada politician, lawyer, seigneur, and Patriote leader
Étienne Parent, Lower Canada journalist, politician, and public servant
Joseph-François Perrault, businessman and member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
Joseph-Xavier Perrault, educator, businessman, and member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
Louis Plamondon (lawyer), Lower Canada lawyer and bon vivant
Étienne-Paschal Taché, doctor, Patriote, Joint-premier of the Province of Canada, Father of Confederation

References

^ Gosselin, Amédée. L'instruction au Canada sous le régime français 1635 - 1760, 1911, p. 417, cited by Bureau
^ Rasmussen, Frederick N. (March 3, 2001). "Dr. Paul Fiset, 78, helped develop vaccine for fever". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved June 18, 2021.

External links

[1] Gosselin, Amédée. L'instruction au Canada sous le régime français 1635 - 1760, 1911, p. 417, cited by Bureau

[2] Rasmussen, Frederick N. (March 3, 2001). "Dr. Paul Fiset, 78, helped develop vaccine for fever". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved June 18, 2021.

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