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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Forbes, Reverend George, O.M.I.
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- Forbes, Reverend George
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Description area
Dates of existence
1898-1969
History
Reverend George Forbes, O.M.I. was a Roman Catholic priest who acted on behalf of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (B .C .) . He was born in Farnham, Quebec on March 29, 1898 . After completing his highschool education in Edmonton, Alberta, Forbes undertook religious studies at various institutions in Ontario and Alberta, and was ultimately ordained in Edmonton on December 17, 1921 . Forbes then held positions at schools in Edmonton (1922-1928) and Kamloops, British Columbia (1928-1930), and as principal of native schools in Williams Lake (1930-1938), Kakawis (1938-1941), and Cranbrook (1941-1942). He subsequently was a priest at the parish in Powell River, British Columbia (1945-1946), and at St. Augustine's in Vancouver, British Columbia (1946-1955), St. Joseph's in Ottawa (1955-1956), and St. Joseph's in Saskatoon (1956-1957). From 1957 until his death in 1969, Forbes was interested in the history of the Roman Catholic Church and the Oblate fathers in British Columbia, and collected information to support his research and writings on these subjects.