necessary of the political status quo, and that the conference accept a share of the clergy reserves income, were a division of the reserves to occur. The Canadian leaders, and probably the majority

Claude-Thomas Dupuy in his dispute with the clergy. Jean-François died in Quebec in May 1733. He was survived by his wife, Catherine

. Although he was a proponent of free schooling, he opposed making attendance compulsory, probably considering it too radical a measure, given the opposition of the clergy. As for politics, he was critical of

: to transfer to the secular clergy a parish which the king, with the previous agreement of the bishop, had entrusted to the Recollets of Brittany. So it came about: on a fine November Sunday when nobody

Spencer*, the first Anglican bishop of Newfoundland, decided to expand the number of clergy by ordaining the society’s schoolmasters even though they lacked degrees or formal theological training. Lind

Mills*] was drawing scathing criticism from the Catholic clergy, particularly because of its enforcement of regulations about the hiring of teachers – an enforcement that varied according to the

clergy and laity of the Anglican Church in British North America, 1876, ed. C. V. F. Bliss (Ottawa, 1876). Cornish, Cyclopædia of Methodism, I, 118. Carroll, Case

achieve this goal included the circulation of public petitions, the distribution of literature, and appeals to the electorate, clergy, and “societies of suitable character” to exert pressure on the

. Painchaud launched the project at a difficult point in the mid 1820s. The Séminaire de Nicolet was under construction, and this limited the possibilities of financial assistance from the clergy. A succession

through the generosity of parishioners and clergy, the Ursuline convent was rebuilt by the spring of 1808. Bishop Joseph-Octave

Hanrahan*. Since Conservatives came to Prendergast’s support and the Catholic clergy and Liberal leadership did the same for Hanrahan, the campaign turned violent. Amidst reports of arson, shootings, and

teachers. Before 1888 school inspectorates were small, local units and many of the inspectors were members of the Protestant clergy. Somerset established a centralized system of inspection and codified

. William Taylor was educated in Glasgow, but he was not a graduate of the university. He may have studied theology with one of the senior clergy, as was the custom in the Secession Church. He had been

particularly criticized the influence of the Roman Catholic clergy on the Liberal government, especially the role of Bishop John Thomas

question, still unresolved, the Métis and other settlers concluded that they needed a leader to spearhead their protests to the government of Canada. Despite the reservations of the Roman Catholic clergy

requests of the people.” He added that “one could no longer count on the clergy to check the popular movement in the region,” for “the shepherds cannot part company with their flocks.” The morning of the

find a basis of agreement between the French Canadians and their governors, to stress understanding between the two races, and to defend the Catholic clergy. This last aim scandalized Dr Antoine-Pierre

ministerial help and acting as the “unscrupulous tool” of Postmaster General Malcolm Cameron*, had bought a large number of underpriced clergy

increase the numbers of the clergy. That summer he and parish priest François Pigeon* campaigned against the installation of Bishop

 1881, Bishop Cleary instructed clergy and laity alike on a variety of topics from the diocesan debt to the sanctification of the Christian household. Where instruction proved ineffective, he showed