Our History...
- 1921
02/02/1921
Foundation
Founding of a seminary for foreign missions by the Bishops of the Province of Quebec (February 2).
- 1922
08/03/1922
Civil incorporation of The Quebec Foreign Missions Society (March 8)
12/04/1922
Pastoral letter of the Bishops of the Province of Quebec announcing the founding of a seminary for foreign missions in Montreal (April 12).
27/04/1922
Purchase of a plot of land in Pont-Viau in the municipality of St. Vincent de Paul in Laval (April 27).
Histore de Achat, Plus...16/10/1922
Blessing of the cornerstone of the St. Francis Xavier Seminary in Pont-Viau (October 16).
- 1924
07/09/1924
Blessing of the St. Francis Xavier Seminary (September 7).
- 1925
06/01/1925
Diocesan Decrees (Montreal) establishing canonically The Quebec Foreign Missions Society and its St. Francis Xavier Seminary in Pont-Viau (January 6).
03/02/1925
Approval of the request from Bishop J.-M. Blois, apostolic Vicar of Moukden, for missionaries to Manchuria, China (February 3).
- 1929
25/07/1929
Canonical approval of the Society and its Constitution by the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda Fide (for the Propagation of the Faith) in Rome (July 25).
- 1932
- 1934
15/05/1934
Second pastoral letter of the Quebec Bishops about the Society (May 15).
- 1937
- 1938
11/07/1938
Second General Chapter of the Society
Mgr Edgar Larochelle is elected Superior General (July 11).
- 1940
02/09/1940
Opening of a Formation House in Quebec and beginning of the first session (September 2).
- 1941
- 1942
- 1948
26/07/1948
Third General Chapter of the Society
Mgr Edgar Larochelle is re-elected as Superior General (July 26).
- 1953
15/01/1953
Third pastoral letter of the Quebec Bishops regarding the Foreign Missions Seminary (January 15).
- 1954
01/05/1954
Bishop Gustave Prévost is expelled from China. He is the last member of the Society to leave China (May 1).
- 1955
09/08/1955
Opening of the mission in Honduras
Opening of the mission in Honduras.
- 1956
- 1958
19/02/1958
Fourth General Chapter of the Society
Superior General: Fr. Gilles Ouellet (February 19).
- 1961
Agreement with the Diocese of Amos (Quebec) and first sending of priest associates to Honduras.
- 1962
Opening of the mission in Chile (1962-2016)
- 1967
19/09/1967
Fifth General Chapter of the Society
Superior General: Fr. Viateur Allary (September 19).
- 1971
Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the foundation of the Society
- 1973
05/07/1973
Sixth General Assembly of the Society.
Superior General: Fr. André Vallée (July 5).
- 1974
Opening of the mission in Indonesia (1974-1984)
- 1977
Opening of the mission in Guatemala, for the first time with the collaboration of lay associates (1977-1981).
- 1979
05/06/1979
Seventh General Assembly of the Society
Superior General: Fr. Jean-Louis Martin (June 5).
Presence in Nicaragua (1979-1987)
- 1981
Message of the Bishops of Quebec on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the Society.
- 1983
Opening of the mission in Hong Kong
- 1984
Opening of the mission in Sudan (1984-2012)
- 1985
28/05/1985
Eighth General Assembly of Society
Superior General: Fr. Pierre Samson (May 28).
- 1987
14/12/1987
Final approval of the Revised Texts of the Constitution of the Society by the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples in Rome (December 14).
- 1991
28/05/1991
Ninth General Assembly of the Society
Superior General: Fr. François Lapierre (May 28).
- 1992
Opening of the mission in Brazil
Opening of the International Centre for Missionary Formation (CIFM) in Montreal (1992-2015)
- 1993
Renewed presence of the Society in Manchuria, in Changchun (1993-2013)
- 1995
04/05/1995
Opening of the mission in Cambodia
Opening of the mission in Cambodia, in collaboration with the Yarumal Missionaries from Colombia (May 4).
- 1996
Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the Society
Opening of the Centre for Missionary Formation and Animation (CFAM) in Tegucigalpa, Honduras (1996-2015)
- 1997
05/05/1997
Tenth General Assembly of the Society
Superior General: Fr. François Lapierre (May 5).
Non-Canadian priests and seminarians are accepted as members of the Society.
- 1998
07/04/1998
Fr. Roland Laneuville becomes Superior General
Fr. François Lapierre is appointed Bishop of St. Hyacinth (April 7).
- 2000
Opening of the mission in Kenya
- 2001
Opening of Theological Formation Centre of Kenya (TFCK) in Nairobi
- 2002
Opening of the mission in Thailand
Opening of the mission in Thailand in conjunction with the Cambodia Group and in collaboration with the Maryknoll Missionaries (2002-2012).
- 2003
18/05/2003
Eleventh General Assembly of the Society
Superior General: Fr. Roland Laneuville (May 18).
Opening of the Service of the Lay Missionary Associates (SMLA)
- 2008
28/04/2008
Twelfth General Assembly of the Society
Superior General: Fr. Guy Charbonneau (April 28).
- 2010
Agreement with the Lorenzo Ruiz Mission Society of the Philippines for collaboration in China (2010-2013).
- 2013
26/01/2013
Fr. Martin Laliberté becomes Superior General
Fr. Guy Charbonneau is appointed Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras (January 26).
07/05/2013
Thirteenth General Assembly of the Society
Superior General: Fr. Martin Laliberté (May 7).
- 2017
Opening of the Missionary Formation Centre (MFC) in Nairobi, Kenya
- 2018
04/06/2018
Fourteenth General Assembly of the Society
Superior General: Fr. Martin Laliberté (June 4).
- January 2019
28/12/2019
Fr. Roland Laneuville becomes Superior General
Fr. Martin laliberté is appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Québec (December 28).
12/06/2023
XVe Assemblée Générale
Superior General : Ergete Tesfaye, p.m.é.
PAR BERTRAND ROY, P.M.É.