Who founded the Brothers of Christian Instruction of St Gabriel?

Question

In what year was this order founded?

Answer 1

Louis Marie de Montfort Grignion": such is the signature of the Apostolic Missionary affixed at the end of the Will he had just dictated to Fr. Mulot on April 27, 1716. "I confide to His Lordship the Bishop of La Rochelle and to Fr. Mulot my small pieces of furniture and my mission books, to be preserved for the use of the four Brothers who joined me in a life of obedience and poverty"

On February 19, 1910, the Sacred Congregation of Religious signed the "Decree of Apostolic Approbation of the Brothers of Christian Instruction of St. Gabriel." In the summary of the Approbation, approved by Pope Pius X, we read: "The Brothers of Christian Instruction, formerly called of the Holy Spirit, whose motherhouse is in the diocese of Luçon, have for father, and invoke as such, Blessed Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort."

Answer 2

The Congregation of the Brothers of Christian Instruction of St. Gabriel was originally founded by St. Louis Grignon de Montfort in 1705, but it did not spread much till it was amalgamated with one founded in 1835 by Monsignor Deshayes. Vicar-General of Rennes