Marc Bergier ( – November 9, 1707) was a Roman Catholic priest and vicar general of the Bishop of Quebec, Saint-Vallier La Croix, for the Mississippi Region. Father Bergier was in charge of the mission to the Tamaroa at

Cahokia, Illinois Cahokia was a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. It was located east of the Mississippi River in the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, 15,241 people lived in the village, a decline from 16,391 in 20 ...

from 1700 succeeding Father

Jean-François Buisson de Saint-Cosme Jean-François Buisson de Saint-Cosme (1667–1706) was a Canadian missionary, born in Quebec, ordained in 1690, and murdered while on a missionary trip. Jean-François came from a family with a high level of devotion to the Catholic Church. His ...

, the founder of the Sainte-Famille mission. Bergier's dedication to his Indian parisheners was all consuming and, no doubt, contributed significantly to his death. His dedication was considered to be greater than that of St Francis Xavier.

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Biography at ''the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
17th-century births 1707 deaths Year of birth uncertain French Roman Catholic missionaries Roman Catholic missionaries in New France People from Cahokia, Illinois {{Canada-clergy-stub