Father Guy Mary-Rousselière (1913-1994)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Gordon, Bryan C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1994
• Subjects: Artifacts; Biographies; Dene Indians; History; Inuit archaeology; Mary-Rousselière; Father Guy; 1913-1994; Missionaries; Roman Catholic Church; Manitoba; Northern; Nunavut; Saskatchewan; Arctic; Baffin Island; Beck; Canada; Hudson; Indian; Northwest Territories; Pond Inlet; Baffin; Chipewyan; inuit
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64356

Father Guy Mary-Rousselière was 81 when he died in a house fire in Pond Inlet in April. Born in Le Mans, France, Father Mary-Rousseliere obtained a philosophy degree at the seminary of St. Sulpice, Paris in 1931, taking his first vows for the priesthood in the same year. He came to Canada a year aft...