Background
Maurault, Jean Leon Olivier was born on January 1, 1886 in Sorel, Petroquest Energy, Canada. Son of Elie and Lucie (Boucher) Maurault.
Maurault, Jean Leon Olivier was born on January 1, 1886 in Sorel, Petroquest Energy, Canada. Son of Elie and Lucie (Boucher) Maurault.
Student Issyles-Moulineaux, 1911. Student Institute Catholique of Paris, 1911-1913.
Ordained priest Roman Catholic Church, July 1910 professor College Montreal, 1913-1915. Vicar St. James of Montreal, 1915-1926. Parish priest Notre Dame, Montreal 1926-1929.
Superior Andre Grasset College, Montreal, 1929-1934. Rector University of Montreal since 1934. Roman Prelate, 1937. Decorated: Officer of Public Instruction, Officer of Black Star (France).
Medals of the Jubilee of George V, of Coronation of George VI, Companion Order of St. Michael and St. George, 1943 (England). Officer of Latin Order. Commander of the Order Honours and Merits (Haiti).
Commander de l’Ordre du Liberateur San Martin, 1948. Kornmann Medaille of l’Academie Francaise, 1948. MaÎtre ès jeux floraux, Toulouse, France, 1949.
Author: Le Petit Seminaire de Montreal, 1918. Saint-Jacques de Montreal, 1923. Saint-Francois d’ Assise de la Longue-Pointe, 1924.Brievetes, 1928
Marges d’histoire, 1929-1930. (3 vols.)
La Paroisse, 1929. Centenaire de Notre-Dame, 1929.Nos Messieurs, 1936
French-Canadian Backgrounds (in collaboration), 1940. Propos et Portraits, 1941. Moisson de Ville-Marie, 1943.Aux Louisianais, 1943. Le Mexique de mes Souvenirs, 1945. M. Henri Gauthier, prÊtre Saint Sulpice, 1945.Par voies et par chemins de l’air, 1947. L’ecole Polytechnique, 1948.
Member Royal Society of Canada (president 1943), History Society Montreal (president since 1941), Society Canadian Writers (president 1944-1946), Group of Ten (ten historians), Prior to chapter body of the Holy Sepulchre.