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St. Boniface College

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1 - The first college, founded by Bishop Norbert Provencher in 1818 and attended by Red River Colony boys who learned Latin.

2 - The second college was built on the corner of Taché and Masson in 1855. It was initially known as Collège, then Vieux-Collège, Académie Provencher, Petit Séminaire, and finally Carmel. The institution was abandoned and subsequently demolished.

3 - Central portion of the first large structure built in 1880 on the large lot area bounded by Provencher Boulevard, Aulneau street, Cathédrale avenue and Saint-Jean-Baptiste street.

4 - The West wing was built in 1902, to accommodate a rapidly growing student body. It was followed by the East, or Seine River, wing in 1905. This third college was destroyed by a fire in 1922 which took the lives of nine students and one Jesuit Brother.

5 - After the fire, Bishop Arthur Béliveau deeded his Minor Seminary, built in 1911, to the college corporation. With financial assistance from Manitoba and Quebec Francophones, dormitories, and recreation and assembly halls were added in 1924.

Bishops

1- Norbert Provencher was appointed as the first bishop of St. Boniface in 1787 and led the diocese until 1853. He founded the college in 1818 to teach Latin to boys in the Red River Colony.

2 - Alexandre Taché was appointed as the first archbishop of St. Boniface in June 1853. He was instrumental in the establishment of the University of Manitoba. In 1885, at his request, the Jesuit Fathers took over the college administration. Archbishop Taché died in 1894, and Louis-Philippe-Adélard Langevin was consecrated as bishop in March 1895.
3 - Arthur Béliveau succeeded Archbishop Langevin in 1915. He deeded the Minor Seminary to the college corporation following the tragic fire of 1922.

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