Henri Faraud, (17 June 1823 – 26 September 1890), a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, was the first Vicar Apostolic of Athabasca-Mackenzie in western Canada.
[1] Around 1848, Faraud replaced Louis-François Richer Laflèche at Île-à-la-Crosse, but moved farther northwest in 1849, and established the mission of La Nativité at Fort Chipewyan, where he made his base and constructed a church in 1851.
[4] Bishop Alexandre-Antonin Taché, who had succeeded Provencher in 1853, and in 1855 designated the relocated Lac La Biche Mission as supply base and point of departure for parts north.
On May 8, 1862, Faraud was made titular bishop of Anemour and apostolic vicar of the newly created Vicariate Athabasca-Mackenzie,[5] although due to his remote location he did not know of it before July of the following year.
[1] By the time of his death, Faraud was recognized as the premier linguist among the Oblates of the Mackensie Basin, having command of Cree, Chipewyan, Beaver, Slave, Dog Rib, and some Inuit.