Gabriel Richard
✓ Source-basedfallingFrench priest and American politician (1767-1832)
Gabriel Richard was a French Catholic priest and a professed member of the Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice. He ministered to the French Catholics in the parish of Sainte-Anne-de-Détroit, as well as Protestants and Native Americans living in Southeast Michigan.
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Ste. Anne's "Stone Church", built in 1818
The Catholepistemiad's schoolhouse (center) on an 1818 map of Detroit. The schoolhouse fronts Bates Street, directly across from Ste. Anne's "Stone Church" (middle of the lower right).
A "larger than life" sandstone statue of Fr. Gabriel Richard from the old Detroit City Hall Building
The tomb of Father Gabriel Richard resides now in the Basilica's Fr. Gabriel Richard Chapel
State of Michigan Historical Marker summarizing the life of Father Gabriel Richard. Located outside Basilica of Sainte Anne de Détroit![Annually the Basilica of Ste. Anne de Detroit and the Fr. Gabriel Richard Guild host an exhibit each September and October detailing the life and legacy of Richard.[32]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/GR2.jpg/1280px-GR2.jpg)
Annually the Basilica of Ste. Anne de Detroit and the Fr. Gabriel Richard Guild host an exhibit each September and October detailing the life and legacy of Richard.[32]Politicians from France 6
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Gabriel Richard was a French Catholic priest and a professed member of the Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice. He ministered to the French Catholics in the parish of Sainte-Anne-de-Détroit, as well as Protestants and Native Americans living in Southeast Michigan. The calls for him to be named as a saint began in 2020.
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