Background
Turquetil, Arsene was born on June 3, 1876 in Reviers, France. Son of Felix and Maria (Ducellier) Turquetil.
Turquetil, Arsene was born on June 3, 1876 in Reviers, France. Son of Felix and Maria (Ducellier) Turquetil.
Graduate, Minor Seminary of Villiers-le-Secretary, 1886-1894, Major Seminary of Sommervieu, 1894-1896, Novitiate of Oblate Fathers, Angers, 1896-1897, Major Seminary of Oblate Fathers, Liege, Belgium, 1897-1900.
Ordained priest Roman Catholic Church, December 23, 1899. Missionary to Eskimos, Northern Canada, 1900-1943, Reindeer Lake Indian Mission, Northern Saskatchewan, 1900, with Eskimos in North.W. territories, 1901. Founded 1st Eskimo mission, Chesterfield Inlet, Hudson Bay, 1912.
Established 13 mission-posts, erected 1 hospital.
Appointed Prefect Apostolic for Hudson Bay, 1924, Vicar Apostolic, 1931. Consecrated bishop, 1932.
Retired, 1943.