Fr. lucian galtier biography
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Lucien Galtier
French priest
Lucien Galtier (c. 1812 – February 21, 1866) was the first Catholic priest who served in Minnesota, United States of America. He was born in southern France in the town of Saint-Affrique, department of Aveyron. The year of his birth is somewhat uncertain, some sources claiming 1811 but his tomb at Prairie du Chien, WI, bearing the date December 17, 1812. In the 1830s, European-Americans were settling across the Minnesota River (at the time called Saint Pierre by the French and St. Peter by the British and Americans) from Fort Snelling in the area of Mendota, Minnesota. He departed from Le Havre, France and arrived in New York City on board the Lyons on October 12, 1838. Mathias Loras, bishop of the Diocese of Dubuque, Iowa learned of these settlers and journeyed up the Mississippi River to visit the settlers in the area. He wrote to his sister that "the Catholics of St. Peters amounted to one hundred and eighty five."[1] The bishop saw a need to send a missionary to the area the next year. Galtier spoke little English when he arrived in 1840.[1] Despite this, he was ordained to the priesthood by Loras on January 5, 1840, in Dubuque, having completed seminary studies at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryl
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Lucien Galtier (c. 1875 - January 1941) was a farmer in Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec, then a Francophone province of Canada, which was occupied by U.S. forces early in the Great War. Although Galtier was not overtly hostile to the U.S. occupation, the occupiers decided to confiscate part of his land to build a military hospital. After his daughter, Nicole, married Leonard O'Doull, one of the US Army surgeons, the U.S. military government and the government of the Republic of Quebec decided Galtier was friendly, and compensated him for the land and paid back rent. The Republic of Quebec later bought the land the hospital was built on for a large sum. That money, combined with the rent he had received, made him one of the wealthier farmers in the area.
Galtier had mixed feelings for much of his life about the U.S. and the independence of Quebec. While he was sentimental about his days as a Canadian, Galtier ultimately found peace in the course of world events and their impact on his life. This peace was affirmed when Arthur McGregor, a Canadian and a farmer (like Galtier) who had turned terrorist, died when he attempted to assassinate George Custer.
Galtier's wife Marie died of cancer a few years after the Great War ended. Galtier became very lonely and remained so until, with
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