Emiliano Tardif was a Canadian Catholic priest and missionary who lived from 1928 to 1999. Born in Saint-Zacharie, Quebec, he joined the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in 1949 and was ordained in 1955. After serving in the Dominican Republic, where he helped found a missionary seminary, he returned to Canada to recover from tuberculosis. During his illness, he became part of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, a period during which he reportedly experienced the gift of divine healing.