Background
DONTENWILL, Augustin was born on June 4, 1857 in Biscliwilier, Alsace. Son of F. Xavier Dontenwill and Rosina Uhrich.
DONTENWILL, Augustin was born on June 4, 1857 in Biscliwilier, Alsace. Son of F. Xavier Dontenwill and Rosina Uhrich.
Erstein, Alsace; Ottawa College, Ottawa. Master of Arts.
Joined Order of Oblates of Mary Immaculate, 1878. Professor of Natural History, Languages, and Drawing in Ottawa College until 1889. Transferred to New Westminster, British Columbia, 1889.
Director of St. Louis College, New Westminster, until 1896. Bishop of Germanicopolis, and Coadjutor of Bishop of New Westminster, 1897. Roman Catholic Bishop of New Westminster, 1899.
Archbishop of Vancouver, 1909. Oblate of Mary Immaculate; Superior General of the Missionary Order of Oblates of Mary Immaculate since 1908.
