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Achille Delaere
Achille Delaere (born 1868, Lendelede, Belgium) was a Flemish priest who served on the Canadian prairies. He was one of the founders and organizers of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, with the Byzantine-Ukrainian rite, for Ukrainian immigrants in Canada.
Biography.
Achille Delaere was the son of a farmer, and since his father needed help, worked on his father's farm. As a young man Achille joined the Redemptorists in 1889 and was ordained in 1896.Growing up on a farm, ordination did
"Ukrainians in Canada: The Formative Period, 1891–1924". Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, University of Alberta, Edmonton, 1991.
External links.
- Achille Delaere in the bibliographic database of the (WorldCat)/a
- Five Door Films, Romance of the Far Fur Country
- Yereniuk, Roman, A Short Historical Outline of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (PDF)
- Laverdure, Paul., Achille Delaere and the Ukrainian Catholic Church (PDF)