Norbert Provencher

Joseph-Norbert Provencher was a Canadian clergyman and missionary and one of the founders of the modern province of Manitoba. He was the first Bishop of Saint Boniface and was an important figure in the history of the Franco-Manitoban community.

12 February 1787

Born on the same birth day (12 February): Alexander Petrov (chess player) • Bill Laswell • Charles Van Doren • Christine Elise • Conrad II of Italy • Dominguinhos • Hanna Neumann • Hong Myung-bo • Johann Joseph Christian • Lincoln LaPaz • Louis Renault (industrialist) • Michel Martelly • Nicolás Otamendi • Olivia Hooker • Peter Cooper • Phil Zimmermann • Steve Hackett • Todd Frazier • Zach Grenier