Born: Saint-André de Kamouraska, Canada, October 17, 1818
Took the habit: Longueuil, December 7, 1843
Vows: Saint-Boniface, December 8, 1846 (No. 618)
Died: Île-à-la-Crosse, April 29, 1872.

Louis Dubé was born in Saint-André de Kamouraska, diocese of Quebec, Canada, on October 17, 1818. His parents were Cyriaque Dubé and Marie Josephte Fongeny. He was working in New York when he met the Oblates who were passing through in 1841. On December 7, 1843 he entered the novitiate in Longueuil and he made his first vows there on December 8, 1844 and renewed his vows on the same date in the following year. In 1846 he received his obedience for the Red River mission, making his perpetual oblation in Saint-Boniface on December 8, 1846. He spent the rest of his life in the mission of Île-à-la-Crosse. At the beginning he was cook, then in charge of the farm animals and later, supervisor of the children from the boarding school outside of class periods. His health had always been delicate. During his last years he could walk only with the aid of two crutches. He died in Île-à-la-Crosse on April 29, 1872 and he is buried in the mission cemetery.

Yvon Beaudoin
and Gaston Carrière, o.m.i.