TÊTU, CLÉOPHÉE (baptized Francoise-Cleophee); later named Thérèse de Jésus upon taking her vows; (Member of Sisters of Charity of Providence; Missionary in Montreal, Vermont, and Chile)

TÊTU, CLÉOPHÉE (baptized Francoise-Cleophee); later named Thérèse de Jésus upon taking her vows; (Member of Sisters of Charity of Providence; Missionary in Montreal, Vermont, and Chile)

Sisters of Providence Director, administrating an orphanage in the port of Valparaiso, Chile.

Approximately 1857-1863 (Sisters of Charity of Providence

Person

Sisters of Charity of Providence; International Missionary; Director of Orphanage in Valparaiso, Chile;

Huguette Lapointe-Roy, “TÊTU, CLÉOPHÉE, Thérèse de Jésus,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 12, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed May 30, 2021, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/tetu_cleophee_12E.html.

b.10 January, 1824

Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Longue-Pointe (Montreal), Quebec, Canada 1891

d. 1891

Sisters of Charity of Providence; Nun; Officer with the Sick Hôpital Sainte-Camille; Superior of the Hospice Saint-Jérôme-Émilien (education and care for orphans); International Missionary; Director of Orphanage in Burlington, Vermont USA; Director of Orphanage in Valparaiso, Chile; General Treasurer of Montreal Community 1866-1875; Superior of an important Asylum in Beauport, Quebec.

French; English; Spanish

Cleophee Tetu took her vows with the Roman Catholic – Sisters of Charity of Providence and assumed the name of Sister Thérèse de Jesus in 1846. Sister Thérèse was recognized for her leadership and managerial qualities between 1846-1854 from her work in various locales of Quebec and Burlington, Vermont. In 1857, Sister Thérèse joined an international mission in Chile consolidating three previously created establishments (est.1853) of the Sisters of Providence. The Sisters assumed the administration of an orphanage in Valparaiso, Chile, replacing the former administrators – the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In that same year, Sister Thérèse relocated to work in a newly established novitiate in Santiago under the instruction of Mother Victoire Laroque, who was one of the foundresses of the congregation. After a year of mission work in this novitiate, Sister Thérèse returned to the orphanage in Valparaiso to assume the role of Director, where she worked until 1863, when she was recalled to Montreal.

Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve history workshop; Cousineau, Andre “Cléophée Têtu, a talented manager” in Ville.Montreal.qc.ca/ (translated to English). January 29, 2019 – accessed May 30, 2021.

https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/memoiresdesmontrealais/cleophee-tetu-une-gestionnaire-de-talent

Quebec Since 1800 (Carleton, HIST 3301A)

Mikhaila Pryor