Étienne de Carheil

Étienne de Carheil (20 November 1633 – 27 July 1726) was a French Jesuit priest who became a missionary to the Iroquois and Huron Indians in the New World. He served as the chief Jesuit missionary to the Native Americans of the Straits of Mackinac area from 1686 until about 1702. In this duty, he clashed often with the secular leader of Fort de Buade, the French commandant Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.

  • Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Etienne de Carheil". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.


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