Fr. Lorenzo Cadieux, SJ (November 10, 1903–1976) was a Canadian

Canada

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 Jesuit priest, historian and academic.

Born in Granby, Quebec

Granby, Quebec

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, he was educated in Montreal

Montreal

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 and Edmonton, studying literature

Literature

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, philosophy

Philosophy

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, theology

Theology

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 and history

History

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, and was ordained in 1924.

In 1940, he moved to Sudbury, Ontario

Ontario

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 to teach history at Sacred Heart College, which became part of Laurentian University

Laurentian University

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 in 1960. Cadieux served as head of the history faculty at Laurentian until his retirement in 1972. He also founded the Société historique du Nouvel-Ontario in 1942, a historical society which pursued historical research relating to Northern Ontario

Northern Ontario

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. Cadieux was especially noted as one of the major early chroniclers of Franco-Ontarian

Franco-Ontarian

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 history.

He also served as president of the Canadian Society of History in 1960.