![]() In December of that year the new bishop of Quebec, Louis-Philippe Mariauchau* d’Esgly, renewed Gravé’s letters as vicar general, which had originally been granted by Briand in 1781. In 1784, although he was personally in favour of the steps that Jean-Baptiste-Amable Adhémar* and Jean De Lisle took in London to request constitutional reform, Gravé maintained that the clergy must remain neutral, without however disapproving of those supporting the reform. The Hôpital Général was able to take advantage of Gravé’s administrative experience: he held the office of temporal director of that institution from 1784 to 1789. At the end of his term as superior in 1781 he again became bursar and retained that post until 1787. In 1779 he was a member of the first board of the Quebec Library, and from 1780 Île was chaplain to the Ursulines. In 1777–78 Gravé assumed the responsibilities of bursar and in the latter year was again elected superior. ![]() In 1768 Gravé had replaced Boiret as superior of the seminary and he held that office until 1774. When Bishop Briand* finally took possession of the church as his cathedral six years later, all those who had been opposed had given in, except Gravé. ![]() In 1768 also, Gravé took over a cause that Father Récher had upheld before him with the backing of a colleague, Joseph-André-Mathurin Jacrau*, he supported the churchwardens of Notre-Dame in their refusal to make their newly restored church the diocesan cathedral. He even registered his dissent in the presence of a notary and never reconsidered his position. Gravé objected to this renunciation, claiming that the union was a legal act, obligatory and inalienable. On 13 April 1768, after the death of Jean-Felix Récher*, parish priest of Notre-Dame in Quebec, the seminary decided to give up its union with this parish charge and, as a result, the right to designate the priest. Since the priests were unable to undertake the increased burden of work, theological students were pressed into service as masters or professors. It now had to offer classical studies, which had previously been provided solely by the Jesuit institution it was also obliged to accept day pupils as well as students seeking to enter the liberal professions. When the Petit Séminaire reopened in 1765, it had to assume the responsibilities formerly discharged by the Jesuit college, which had closed its doors permanently. In July 1762 Boiret was elected, and Gravé served as assistant to the superior. Henceforth the priests of the Séminaire de Québec had to elect their superior themselves, and Murray remained opposed to the election of the two designated candidates. But Governor Murray* objected to these appointments, denying that Paris had any right to interfere in Canadian matters. The following year, at the end of Pressart’s term of office as superior, the Séminaire des Missions Étrangères in Paris appointed his successor, according to the pre-conquest practice it named Pierre Maillard*, a missionary in Acadia, or failing him, Gravé. Gravé returned to Quebec in September 1761, when the restoration of the seminary was sufficiently advanced for the priests to live in it. There Gravé taught philosophy, at the same time acting as chaplain to the Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général of Montreal (Grey Nuns). The superior, Colomban-Sébastien Pressart*, and Gravé went to Montreal at the same time as Bishop Henri-Marie Dubreil* de Pontbriand, with a few students from the senior classes, and took refuge at the Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice. In the summer, when the British siege of the city began, the seminary was evacuated. On 16 Feb. 1759 Gravé was appointed a director of the institution. They arrived at Quebec on 26 July and settled in at the seminary. On 15 March 1755 he was ordained priest at Rouen, from which he was preparing to sail for Canada with Urbain Boiret*. He received the subdiaconate on 16 June 1753 and the diaconate on 31 March 1754. Having completed classical studies in his home town, Henri-François Gravé de La Rive went to finish his education in Paris, first at the Académie de Paris, and then at the Sorbonne, where he obtained the degrees of master of arts in 1753 and bachelor in theology the following year. 25 April 1730 in Vannes, France, son of Charles-Yves Gravé de La Rive, at one time a judge in commercial court, and Louise-Jeanne-Marguerite Mercier d. 4 Feb. 1802 at Quebec. GRAVÉ DE LA RIVE, HENRI-FRANÇOIS, Roman Catholic priest, superior of the Séminaire de Québec, and vicar general b.
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