Albert Lacombe
Albert Lacombe OMI (28 February 1827 – 12 December 1916), known as Father Lacombe, was a French-Canadian Roman Catholic missionary who travelled among and evangelized the Cree and also visited the Blackfoot First Nations of northwestern Canada. He is now remembered for having brokered a peace between the Cree and Blackfoot, negotiating construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway through Blackfoot territory, and securing a promise from the Blackfoot leader Crowfoot to refrain from joining the North-West Rebellion of 1885.
The Reverend Albert Lacombe OMI | |
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Father Albert Lacombe circa 1913 | |
| Born | February 28, 1827 Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada |
| Died | December 12, 1916 (aged 89) Midnapore, Alberta |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Ordained | 13 June 1849 |
Congregations served | Saint Boniface Cathedral, Winnipeg St. Patrick's Church, Midnapore |
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