https://omeka.uottawa.ca/recipro/files/original/558b69d59a6563f152d78fe18d0c7851.jpg 2b198c2e7ec8cf6314eceaa68d3a7a74 Person An individual. Birth Date 1658 Birthplace Le Mans, France Death Date 1735 Place of Death Paris, France Occupation Priest; Missionary; Curate; Sulpician; Vicar General of Bishopric of Quebec Languages Spoken or Written French; Algonquins language Biographical Text Breslay was a devout Roman Catholic who adhered to his religious ideals, unfortunately bringing him into conflict with civil authorities. A lot of his work revolved around his religion, although he spent 10 years working the chambers of the king. After returning to France in 1719-20, he became the first parish priest on Île Saint Jean in April of 1720. He then went on to establish a parish at Port-La-Joie which was where a church was dedicated to St John the Evangelist in 1722. Breslay retired to a Sulpician seminary in 1730 in Paris, he died there on December 4th of 1735. Bibliography MacMillan, John C. The Early History of the Catholic Church in Prince Edward Island. Quebec: L'Evenement, 1905. Associated Course Select the course for which this item is created, if applicable. Conflict and Change in Early Canadian History (Carleton HIST 1301) Student Cataloguer Enter your student name here if this item is part of a course activity. Abdelrahim Karaja Portrait Credit Cite the source of the attached portrait, including title, creator, date, source, and any other credits such as permission, a Creative Commons or other license. Father René-Charles de Breslay in his chapel on Île aux Tourtes with some Népissingues. by Robert Lamoureux https://ileauxtourtes.qc.ca/uploads/images/sahit/breslay.jpg Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Breslay, Rene-Charles (Missionary in PEI, Canada) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1720-1723 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Port-La-Joie, PEI, Canada (Ile Saint Jean) Description An account of the resource Breslay was the first parish priest on Ile Saint Jean, he established a parish at Port-La-Joie with the help of M. Metivier which became the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlottetown. Also, with the help of the same Sulpician, they built a small church dedicated top St. John the Evangelist. Around the same time he was also made the vicar general of the bishopric of Quebec. Breslay also completed many missionary duties at Beaubassin and other centers like Malpeque during his time there where he contributed a lot to the New World. Finally, he advised against establishing a seminary on Ile Saint Jean as he felt it was too premature. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived E. A. Chard, “BRESLAY, RENÉ-CHARLES DE,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 2, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 3, 2021, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/breslay_rene_charles_de_2E.html. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text