Father Claude Jean Allouez - Niles, MI
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The Snowdog
N 41° 48.860 W 086° 15.595
16T E 561469 N 4629427
The grave site of Father Claude Jean Allouez is at the top of this hill - in Niles, Michigan.
Waymark Code: WM18D50
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 07/10/2023
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Father Claude-Jean Allouez (born June 6, 1622, Saint-Didier, Fr.— died August 27/28, 1689, near Ft. St. Joseph, New France) was a Jesuit missionary to New France who has been called the founder of Catholicism in the West. He was ordained priest in 1655 and sailed for Quebec in 1658. He was stationed at settlements along the St. Lawrence River until his appointment as Vicar-General of the Northwest in 1663. He travelled extensively through that territory, preaching to the Indians and establishing missions in present-day Wisconsin, including Chequamegon Bay and Green Bay. His last years were spent mostly among the Miamis of the St. Joseph River in modern southwestern Michigan. Father Allouez died near this spot, with his grave marked by a wooden cross. In 1918, the Women’s Progressive League marked the site with a more permanent granite cross. Access from the road to the west is up a flight of concrete stairs. The wooded area to the east is known as Allouez Park; there is parking and a few facilities on the east side of the park.
First Name: Claude-Jean
Last Name: Allouez
Born: 06/06/1622
Died: 08/28/1689
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