Louis-Jacques Casault (17 July 1808 ? 5 May 1862) was a Canadian priest, academic, superior of the Seminaire de Quebec , and rector of Universite Laval .

Born in Saint-Thomas-de-Montmagny , Lower Canada , the son of Louis Casault and Francoise Blais, Casault studied at the Petit Seminaire de Quebec before being ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1831. In 1834, he started teaching at the Seminaire de Quebec. He was assigned to teach physics which he taught until 1854. In 1851, he was appointed superior of the Seminaire de Quebec. Casault helped to form the Universite Laval and was its first rector from 1852 to 1860. He was succeeded by Elzear-Alexandre Taschereau .

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• "Louis-Jacques Casault" . Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press . 1979?2016.

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