Rév. Msgr.
Joseph Eugene Elzéar
(Elzéar)
Matte
Born in Rimouski, Québec, Canada
Ancestors 
Brother of
Alphonse Matte, Marie Odile Alma (Matte) Roy, Marie Eugénie Matte, Marie Eulalie Elisabeth Matte, Joseph Eugene Matte, Marie Louise (Matte) Dubé, Marie Délima Matte, Joseph Emile Matte, Joseph Arthur Matte, Joseph Auguste Matte, Joseph Jean-Baptiste Matte, Alexandrine Matte, Marie Adélaïde Matte, Anne-Marie Louisa Matte, Joseph Antonio Matte, Joseph Napoleon Severin Matte and Marie-Lucie-Rose Matte
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 79
in Rimouski, Québec, Canada
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Biography
Joseph was born in 1872. He was the son of Alphonse Matte and Calixte Leclerc.[1]
His life in the priesthood
Elzear attended the seminary in Rimouski and was ordained a catholic priest 27 mai 1899. After ordination he taught there as a professor in 1900, before serving as Vicar at Notre-Dame-du-Lac in Témiscouata in 1902.
In 1907 went on to work as a missionary at Saint-Saurell-de-Matapedia and Saint-André-de-Restigouche in Avignon co., Québec. In 1908 he served as a vicar at Sainte-Cécile-du-Bic, before becoming parish priest at Saint-Édouard, Les Méchins in the diocese of Rimouski.[2]
Namesake of Saint-Elzéar in Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec
He was named Monsignor in Gaspé on april 15, 1924.[3] The town Saint-Elzéar, Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec[4] is named after him as he was responsible for the settlement of the community.[5]
Sources
- ↑ "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99S-LG7R?cc=1321742&wc=HZMZ-2NL%3A17707901%2C17813701%2C13624603 : 16 July 2014), Rimouski > Saint-Germain > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1865-1876 > image 368 of 565; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
- ↑ Dictionnaire biographique du clergé canadien-français: Les contemporaines. [v. 3] Supplément Volume 2 of Dictionnaire biographique du clergé canadien-français, Jean-Baptiste-Arthur Allaire : Jean Baptiste Arthur Allaire: l'École catholique des sourds-muets, 1908: the University of Michigan: 21 Feb 2008: accessed sep 15, 2023
- ↑ https://books.google.ca/books?id=x7I7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA285&lpg=PA285&dq=r%C3%A9v.+elz%C3%A9ar+Matte+quebec&source=bl&ots=q5dpxHxSZX&sig=ACfU3U04dskIP96gLpYYB54bANw4Pv5nqw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0toCur7_9AhVthYkEHUXcAJQQ6AF6BAgaEAI#v=onepage&q=r%C3%A9v.%20elz%C3%A9ar%20Matte%20quebec&f=false
- ↑ https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Elz%C3%A9ar_(Bonaventure)
- ↑ https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=56253
- "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBC-BW4L : 16 March 2018), J E Matte, 1911; citing Census, Rimouski Sub-Districts 1-40, Quebec, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,567.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elzéar by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elzéar:
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