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{{Short description|Canadian clergyman and missionary (1787β1853)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox Christian leader | honorific-prefix = | name = Joseph-Norbert Provencher | honorific-suffix = | bishop_of = Bishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba | image = JosephProvencher.jpg | caption = | church = | archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Boniface|Saint Boniface]] | province = | metropolis = | diocese = | see = | enthroned = June 4, 1847 | ended = June 7, 1853 | predecessor = None | successor = [[Alexander-Antonine TachΓ©]] | ordination = December 21, 1811 | consecration = | other_post = Coadjutor Bishop of Quebec City<br>Vicar Apostolic of North-West (Nord-Ouest) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1787|02|12}} | birth_place = [[Nicolet, Quebec|Nicolet]], [[Province of Quebec (1763β1791)|Province of Quebec]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1853|06|07|1787|02|12}} | death_place = [[Saint Boniface, Manitoba|Saint Boniface]], [[Rupert's Land]] | buried = | nationality = | religion = | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = | alma_mater = }} '''Joseph-Norbert Provencher''' (February 12, 1787 β June 7, 1853) was a Canadian [[clergyman]] and [[missionary]] and one of the founders of the modern province of [[Manitoba]]. He was the first [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Boniface|Bishop of Saint Boniface]] and was an important figure in the history of the [[Franco-Manitoban]] community.
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