Modeste Demers

Modeste Demers (11 October 1809 – 28 July 1871) was a Canadian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Vancouver Island.

Quotes

• The amount of work before the missionaries may be better imagined than described, but though unworthy and poor instruments in the hands of Him to show forth the might of his arm, chose to procure the salvation of mankind by the ministry not of angels, but of men, they put their whole trust and confidence in Him.
  • Letter from Mgr. Demers (1866)

Quotes about Modeste Demers

• Beloved alike by Protestants and Catholics, and revered for his gentleness and his apostolic zeal on behalf of the poor and lowly.
  • Adrien-Gabriel Morice, Modeste Demers (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia