sentences:  In 1740, at the suggestion of his maternal uncle, the Comte de La Garaye, he was named bishop of Quebec by Louis XV and this appointment was approved by pope Benedict XIV in March 1741.Before his departure, he spent some months at the Sulpician seminary in Paris learning about his diocese, as the congregation was active in Montreal.He left for Canada that same year on the "Rubis", which landed at Quebec 29 Aug. 1741.