Mistassini
Location
Official Name Monastère N.-D. de Mistassini
N° 43
Country Canada
City Dolbeau-Mistassini, QC
Address 565 Route Père-François-Xavier
Postcode G8L 5E5
Contact Information
Telephone [1] (418) 276-0491
Community Email [email protected]
Website monasteremistassini.org
Other Information
Juridical Status Abbey
Diocese Dioecesis Chicoutimiensis (Chicoutimi)
OCSO Region CNE Sub-région
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)
Nsugbe (until 2022).
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 – 01/03/2009
Clément CHARBONNEAU — Supérieur ad nutum 2010, Abbé 2017 -05/07/2022
Work and Sources of Income
Chocolate factory
Guest Facilities
14 rooms
Transportation
Aéroport : Roberval.
