Modeste Demers
Modeste Demers | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Vancouver Island | |
| Province | Oregon City |
| Diocese | Vancouver Island |
| Appointed | July 28, 1846 |
| Installed | November 30, 1847 |
| Term ended | July 28, 1871 |
| Successor | Charles John Seghers |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | February 7, 1836 by Joseph Signay |
| Consecration | November 30, 1847 by François Norbert Blanchet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 11, 1809 |
| Died | July 28, 1871 (aged 61) Victoria, British Columbia |
| Buried | St. Andrew's Cathedral |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | Michel Demers & Rosalie Foucher |
| Education | Séminaire de Québec |
Modeste Demers (11 October 1809 – 28 July 1871) was a Roman Catholic Bishop and missionary in the Oregon Country. A native of Quebec, he traveled overland to the Pacific Northwest and preached in the Willamette Valley and later in what would become British Columbia.