death_date death_place religion birth_place other_names nationality denomination name birth_date known_for article_title education birth_name occupation
10 february 1926 montreal buried in gravelbourg , saskatchewan christian stanfold , quebec -lrb- princeville -rrb- pietro canadian roman catholic louis-pierre gravel 08 august 1868 saskatchewan colonizer louis-pierre gravel
 séminaire montreal de trois-rivières séminaire de nicolet grand séminaire de louis-joseph-cyriaque gravel ordained priest 1892-08-28
louis-pierre gravel

louis-pierre gravel was a french canadian missionary and colonizer who founded the town of gravelbourg in saskatchewan , canada .
he was born in stanfold , quebec -lrb- now called princeville -rrb- on august 8 , 1868 and was ordained as priest on august 28 , 1892 after finishing his studies at seminaries in trois-rivières , nicolet and montreal .
after serving in parishes in new york city from 1892 to 1906 he was asked to found a french canadian parish in the south-west of saskatchewan .
in 1906 he founded the town of gravelbourg .
aiding him in his endeavors were five of his brothers which included henri and maurice both doctors , alphonse and emile both lawyers , guy a pharmacist plus a sister laurianne the wife of georges hébert also a lawyer .
he persuaded many french canadian catholics to settle in the gravelbourg , lafleche , mazenod , meyronne bloc settlement .
father gravel died in montreal on february 10 , 1926 and was buried in gravelbourg .
