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François-Xavier-Antoine Labelle (November 24, 1833 – January 4, 1891) was a Roman Catholic priest and the person principally responsible for the settlement (or "colonization") of the Laurentians.
Antoine Labelle, né le 24 novembre 1833 à Sainte-Rose et mort le 4 janvier 1891 à Québec, est un ecclésiastique et haut fonctionnaire québécois. Figure emblématique de la colonisation des Laurentides, il est parfois surnommé le « roi du Nord » ou bien, plus simplement, le « curé Labelle » [1].
A prominent figure in Quebec in the second half the 19th century, Antoine Labelle, a Catholic priest, was responsible for the parish of Saint-Jérôme from 1868 to 1891.
Feb 27, 2008 · François-Xavier-Antoine Labelle, Roman Catholic priest (b at Ste-Rose, Qué 24 Nov 1833; d at Québec C 4 Jan 1891). One of the best-known and most popular figures in Québec at the time, Curé Labelle was instrumental in promoting colonization of the Ottawa Valley.
LABELLE, FRANÇOIS-XAVIER-ANTOINE (baptized Antoine), Roman Catholic priest, promoter of colonization, author, and civil servant; b. 24 Nov. 1833 in Sainte-Rose (Laval), Lower Canada, son of Antoine Labelle, a shoemaker, and Angélique Maher; d. 4 Jan. 1891 at Quebec and was buried four days later in Saint-Jérôme, Que.
- Gabriel Dussault
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 12
A talented, clever, tenacious unifier, he won over people from all walks of life to his cause to promote settlement of the Laurentians. Influential figures, politicians, clergymen, and ordinary settlers—everyone, without exception, was invited to Labelle’s presbytery table.
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Le curé Labelle, un formidable rassembleur. Le curé Labelle discourant devant une foule à Chute-aux-Iroquois. Gravure de l’ancien presbytère de Saint-Jérôme. Si le curé Labelle vivait à notre époque, sa page Facebook compterait des centaines d’amis et ses « statuts » seraient viraux.
