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Updated: June 8, 2025
The next missionary on the River St. John was Jean Baptiste Loyard, who was born at Pau in France in 1678, and came out to Canada in 1706. He remained almost constantly at his post, except that in the year 1722 he went to France to obtain aid for his mission.
A relic of the Indian Chapel of Saint Jean Baptiste. Malecitae Missionis Procurator Ioanne Loyard Societatis Iesu Sacerdote. The translation reads: "To God, most excellent, most high, in honor of Saint John Baptist, the Maliseets erected this church A. D. 1717, while Jean Loyard, a priest of the Society of Jesus, was superintendent of the mission."
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