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Abbé Jean-Louis Le Loutre (French: [ʒɑ̃lwi ləlutʁ]; 26 September 1709 – 30 September 1772) was a Catholic priest and missionary for the Paris Foreign Missions Society.
Le Loutre was to coordinate the operations of the naval force with those of Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Roch de Ramezay ’s army, sent to Acadia early in June 1746 by the authorities in Quebec. Ramezay and his detachment arrived at Beaubassin (near Amherst, N.S.) in July, when only two frigates of the French squadron had reached Baie de Chibouctou.
- Gérard Finn
- LE LOUTRE, JEAN-LOUIS
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 4
Jan 21, 2008 · Jean-Louis Le Loutre, priest, missionary (b at Morlaix, France 26 Sept 1709; d at Nantes, France 30 Sept 1772). Some historians regard Le Loutre as a political agent for France, others as the consummate missionary, using every means to keep the French Catholic ACADIANS from British Protestant domination.
To refute and place in perspective this opinion, widely held by English colonial officials, which insults the intelligence of the Mi'kmaq, let's examine the role of the missionary which they hated the most, the Vicar-General of Acadia and missionary to the Mi'kmaq, Abbé Le Loutre.
One of these is Jean Louis Le Loutre, whose character and exploits were such that his biography would form the chronicle of his period in Acadian history.
Overview. Jean-Louis Le Loutre. (1711—1772) Quick Reference. (1711–72), French priest and missionary. Le Loutre studied at seminaries in Paris and was ordained in 1737. The same year, he arrived in Louisbourg and shortly thereafter was living among ... From: Le Loutre, Jean-Louis in The Oxford Companion to Canadian History »
LELOUTRE, JEAN LOUIS. Missionary; b. Morlaix. France, Sept. 26, 1709; d. Nantes, France, 1772. After ordination at the seminary of the Paris Foreign Mission Society in 1737, he was sent to Canada to the parish of Annapolis, Nova Scotia, but he was detained in Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island.
