Antonin Nantel (17 September 1839 – 30 July 1929) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, teacher, school administrator, and author.

Antonin Nantel
Born(1839-09-17)17 September 1839
Saint-Jérôme, Lower Canada
Died30 July 1929(1929-07-30) (aged 89)
Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville (Sainte-Thérèse), Quebec
RelativesGuillaume-Alphonse Nantel, brother
Wilfrid Bruno Nantel, brother

Born in Saint-Jérôme, Lower Canada, Nantel studied at the Petit Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse and was ordained priest in 1862. He then started teaching at the Petit Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse. He was the author of Nouveau cours de langue anglaise selon la méthode d'Ollendorff à l'usage des écoles, académies, pensionnats et collèges. From 1870 to 1886 he was superior of the Petit Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse (and again from 1889 to 1895 and 1900 to 1905).[1]

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  1. ^ "Antonin Nantel". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.