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Modeste Demers (b. 11 Oct. 1809 – d. 28 July 1871) was a Roman Catholic Bishop and missionary in the Oregon Country. A native of Quebec, he traveled overland to the Pacific Northwest and preached in the Willamette Valley and later in what would become British Columbia. ==Early life== Modeste Demers was born 11 October 1809, in Saint-Nicolas, Quebec, in Lower Canada.〔Corning, Howard M. ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956.〕 Of French descent, he studied at the seminary of Quebec and was ordained on February 7, 1836.〔 After becoming a priest in 1836, he left the following year to be a missionary at the Red River Colony. There he worked under the direction of Bishop Joseph-Norbert Provencher. His stay there was short and he traveled to the Oregon Country with François Norbert Blanchet to perform his duties as a priest and missionary. (See St. Paul's Mission.)
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