Mistassini - 43

N°
43

LOCATION

Official Name
Monastère N.-D. de Mistassini
100 Route des Trappistes
Dolbeau-Mistassini QC G8L 5E5
Country
Canada

CONTACT INFORMATION

Telephone
[1] (418) 276-0491
Community E-mail
Website
monasteremistassini.org
Superior
Dom Clément Charbonneau, Sup.ad nutum 2010

OTHER INFORMATION

Juridical Status
Abbey
Diocese
Dioecesis Chicoutimiensis (Chicoutimi)
OCSO Region
[CAN]
Founded/Restored
1892
Origins
Founded by Lac [Val Notre Dame] in 1892; raised to the rank of priory in 1904 and to the rank of abbey in 1935.
History

1892, 8 September: Dom Antoine, abbot of Oka, agreed to make a foundation at Mistassini on a property offered by the Canadian government located in a region designated for colonization in the forest at the confluence of the Mistassini and Mistassibi rivers, near Lake St. John.  The first three monks sent from Oka arrived on 4 November 1892 and were forced to live in a dilapidated log cabin.  They began work enlarging their living space and clearing the forest.

1893, 16 December: blessing of the first chapel.

1895, 13 September: visit of the minister of agriculture.  The region began to be developed and settled.

1896: installation of a sawmill: floods and fires.

1897: establishment of the parish with resident pastor.

1900: Fire.

1909, 15 June: blessing of the cornerstone of the monastery by Mgr. Augustin Marre.

1911, 10 July: blessing of the monastery by his Emminence  Mgr. Joseph Stagni, apostolic delegate to Canada.

1934, 26 July: blessing of the cornerstone of the church by Dom Pacome, abbot of Oka.

1938, 29 June: blessing of the church by Dom Francis Xavier Huet.

1942, 8 July: consecration of the church by Mgr. Georges Melancon, bishop of Chicoutimi.

Foundations
Founded by Lac [Val Notre Dame] in 1892; raised to the rank of priory in 1904 and to the rank of abbey in 1935.
Father Immediate
Val Notre-Dame
Daughter Houses
Calvaire since 1965
Past Superiors
Louis de Gonzague EMONET --- Superior --- 04/09/1892 - 08/07/1893
Alban CARPUE --- Superior --- 08/07/1893 - 01/10/1895
Jean de Dieu GROLLEAU --- Superior --- 13/10/1895 - 08/11/1898
Cléophas ROY (dit DESJARDINS) --- Superior --- 15/03/1899 - 13/10/1900
Marie BEAUREGARD --- Superior --- 13/11/1900 - 17/07/1901
Pacôme GABOURY --- Superior --- 17/07/1901 - 10/02/1904
Pacôme GABOURY --- Prieur tit. --- 10/02/1904 - 24/10/1913 (v.31)
Gabriel BRAUD --- Sup.ad nutum --- 14/12/1913 - 11/07/1926
Ubald DESRANLEAU --- Sup.ad nutum --- 11/07/1926 - 23/10/1926
Ubald DESRANLEAU --- Prieur tit. --- 23/10/1926 - 01/05/1929
François-Xavier HUET --- Sup.ad nutum --- 01/05/1929 - 10/09/1929
François-Xavier HUET --- Prieur tit. --- 10/09/1929 - 09/10/1935
François-Xavier HUET --- Abbot --- 09/10/1935 - 15/11/1960
Jean Vianney LAFLAMME --- Abbot --- 30/11/1960 - 22/09/1965
Damase LADOUCEUR --- Sup.ad nutum --- 22/09/1965 - 02/12/1965
Damase LADOUCEUR --- Abbot --- 02/12/1965 - 01/11/1969
Armand VEILLEUX --- Abbot --- 19/11/1969 - 15/01/1976 (v.57)
Armand BELCOURT --- Abbot --- 29/04/1976 - ?/ ?/1987
Aurèle THIBAUT --- Abbot --- 25/03/1987 - 25/03/1999 (v.48)
Jacques PINEAULT --- Abbot --- 25/03/1999 - 01/03/2010
Work and sources of income
Chocolate factory
Guest Facilities
14 rooms
Transportation
Aéroport : Roberval.