The mission at St. Albert was founded by Fr. Albert Lacombe, Oblate priest and missionary.
Father Lacombe was born on February 28, 1827, at St. Sulpice. He studied at Assumption College and was ordained at St. Hyacinth in 1849. His early service sent him to St. Paul, Minnesota; St. Boniface, Manitoba; and eventually to Edmonton, Alberta.
Biographies of Father Lacombe testify to his devotion and service to man and God. He died on December 12, 1916, and was buried in St. Albert.
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Fr. Albert Lacombe founded the St. Albert Mission in 1861, atop what is now St. Albert's Mission Hill on the current location of St. Albert Parish.
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The Father Lacombe Chapel is generally considered to be the oldest surviving building in Alberta. The chapel was built in 1861 by Father Albert Lacombe, an Oblate of Mary Immaculate missionary.
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