11E2-Roman Catholic St Patricks Douglastown

DOUGLASTOWN
St-Patrick's first charch at Douglastown was built on the Bar
around 1815. St-Patrick's second and present church was built in
1860. At present work is progressing on St-Patrick's third church
which will open some time this year.
A missionary began residing at Douglastvwn in 1845, and was in
charge of the territory from Malbay to Fox River~In 1860~ St-Patrick's
Parish was founded one of the oldest and the only all English speaking
one on the Gaspe coast.
The following is a list of missionaries and rectors that have
resided at Douglastown sir-ce1845.
The missionaries that have served Douglastown before this date
have already been mentioned.
1845-1848
Father J. Michael Dowling Missionary,
1848-1851
Father William Wallace Maylan Missionary,
1851-1854
Father Jerome Sasseville, Missionary,
1854-1860
Father Edouard Severin Fafard Missionary,
1860-1869
Father Pierre-CharlEs-Alphonse Winter
Rector,
1869-1870
Father Pierre-Joseph Saucier,
Rector,
1870-1877
Father Polydore Moreau,
Rector,
1877-1878
Father Joseph-Hercule Leonard
Rector,
1878-1881
Father Majorique Bolduc
Rect or,
1881-1882
Father Fran~ois-Xavier Bosse
Rector,
1882-1907
Father Duncan Gillis,
Rector,
1907- i92./
Father M.F. Gauthier,
Rector,
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Father
b.£,
1940-
Father
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Myles,
Rector,
Nellis,
Rector,
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GASPE BASIN
The first Catholic
those
families
in Gaspe under British
of McKinnon" (the same as McKenna),
of Protestant
origin. They arrived
but only one of those families,
Patrick
marry
McKinnon
Gaspe and then went
German
extraction,
Malbaie
tholic
to reside at Douglastown.
has survived.
for some time
at
John Adams was of
Pinel came from Jersey.
It seems that it
to an Irish lady that he joined the
Church.
John Adams settled at Lobpter
today
by Ouellet's
Bros'
furniture
of French
on the site occupied
on the site of the Lacouvee
shop.
families,
origin, also resided
were there in 1810. About
who had already
families
have disappeared
Quigleys
and the FitzPatricks
indeed,
about that time.
They
de Malbaie.
of Irish Catholic
settled around
and Patrick Moran, Edward
The Catholic
and Chouinard,
1830, thgy sold their lots to McConnell
In 1829 a small contingent
the five families
those of Trudel
at Gaspe Harbour
and went to reside at St-Pierre
The Martin
Cove; Pinel
Garage and McKinnon,
Two other Catholic
community
1800
Church at St-Pierre de
through contract with Ca-
before his marriage,
Thomas
all three
he changed his faith to
of Irish origin. He remained
was also due to his marriage
Catholic
that of the Adams',
he joined the Catholic
a few years
families.
Adams and Pinel,
about the same time towards
was of Scotch descent;
a Miss Power,
rule, were
from G~spe,
population
Quigley
faILilies joined
Gaspe,
and Jeffrey
but the others,
still reside
village.
Prendergast
the Morand,
the
there.
then counted nine families,
a small
but joined in the same faith, a same Law, and
one same belief, Scotch,
Germans,
Jersey
Islanders,
The same year it was agreed to build a church,
French
Thomas
and
Irish.
Pinel
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donated
plot of Land about
one acre Ouellet
Garage
is on the same
site to-day.
And by a strange
along
destiny
side that \IThereFather
of Providence
Lejeune,
8.J.
the site is, or just
celebrated,
on the
13th of June 1632, the first mass that ~as ~ver celebrated
Reverand
raged
Mr. McMahon,
a missionary
them in their projet.
authorization.
local residents
He took steps to secure
All the work was carried
under the direction
The building was twenty
established
out without
of John Adams,
at Perce,
poor, as far as interior
visit.
cost by the
master
finish,
A small cemetery was established
It was, however,
furnishings
carpenter.
by the missi-
always
very
and vestry were
close by. This
enccu-
the necessary
feet by thirty. It was blessed
onary when he made his Fall
in Gaspe.
cemetery
concerned.
was moved
in 1953.
"We stopped at Hr. McKenna's
1844."The
chapel is absolutely
in Gaspe," writes
Mr. Dowling
in
bare; there are even no steps to
the altar table; not a single seat or pew, no spire and no bells.
is s2d, particularly
minates.
$8.00
The Catholics
the Protestant
have done all they could;
for the things that were absolutely
families.
I preached
religious
duties."
The missionary
spring
in a place where
visited
of them
Gaspe twice a year
after the ice had gone, and in the fall,
predo-
they subscribed
necessary.
twice a day, and most
religion
It
There
are
25
carried
out
their
at that time,
before
in the
the first
snow fall.
In 1845, when a parish priest had been appointed
the Gaspe mission
received
Rev. Eichael Dowling,
rated that system.
his visit four times
first parish priest
at Douglastown,
a year.
of Douglastown,
In 1858, Rev. Mr. Fafard
began
It was
who
inaugu-
giving missions
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Gaspe every sixth Sunday.
first parish
priest
of Gaspe,
The missionary
Belleau,
This continued
resided
until the arrival
in May 1874.
at first with
at J. J. Kavanagh's
of the
P. McKenna,
with Colonel
and later over the small vestry.
SECOND CHAPEL
During
the twenty-five
of the first chapel,
The 1e Boutillier,
Synnette,
years
new Catholic
Belleau,
Gillis, Dowling
that followed
families
Painchaud,
Fingleton,
faITilies, and a few Indian families.
families with
80 communicants.
to meet the demands
a second arose.
the construction
came to reside at Gaspe.
Cosgrove,
Robson,
Fournier,
Kavanagh,
In all about
of religious
service,
and other
thirty,
As the first chapel
Power,
Catholic
became inadequate
the question
"There is, wrote Rev. Mr. Sasseville,
of building
in 1854,
a
chapel that is much too small for the population."
In 1852 he asked that a new church
Rev. M. Fafard,
the new parish priest
of Gaspe, undertook
of Colonel
its construction
J.C. Belleau
be constructed.
of Douglastown
with
the very
and the generosity
36, with a vestry
other Catholic
of good pine wood
of 20 by 20. The Adams
faffiiliesdid all the work
that was domolished
The Blessing
in 1941
aid
of the Faith.
and was 60 feet
family
free.
assisted
by
by the
It is that church
of the new church took place,
for the purpose
Tloa, and Administrator
substantial
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April the 1st 1860, by the missionary
been delegated
and missionary
of Mrs. LeBoutillier,
and also thanks to a grant from the Propagation
It was built entirely
In 1858,
on Palm Sunday,
Rev. Mr. Fafard,
by J. Baillargeon,
who had
Archbishop
of
of Quebec.
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The following
first
9th of January,
Rev. Mr. Winter Blessed
bell that was named Jeanne-Elizabeth-Victoria.
On May the 19th of the same year,
the stations
of the cross. On October
was blessed by Hev. Mr. Blouin,
assisted
by Rev. Mr. Winter.
the missionary
1850 the "Chippewa".
parish
priest
at Cap-aux-Os.
That bell is still in used today.
of the church
It was later loaned
that sacred building,
the desire
returned
to the hospital,
a larger
in 1926 when
in the fire that destroyed
the nuns of the hospital
of getting
who had always
anQ better
toned
ex-
bell,
the bell of 1862 is still used for the chapel
Unfortunately,
on the exterior,
penetrated
at Poin Navarre.
on March
the 30th 1929, in the afternoon,
and the roof, where nobody
from the time the electric
Some nuns who were decorating
religious
ceremonies,
The fire had got too much
efforts
presbytery,
and a nearby
wiring
the interior
had been
of a hold,
private
residence,
spread to other
had
of the church
for the
too late.
and in spite of the most
population,
in a little over two hours.
fire
completed.
gave the alarm. But it was
of the entire
that the flames would
of
just as the new church had been repainted
out between the ceiling
destroyed
that was built in 1914-16
had been melted
our Lady of the Seven Sorrows
strenuous
in
it to the parish.
To-day
Easter
at Cap-des-Rosiers
by fire in 1929. It was then lent to the church
the bell of the cathedral
pressed
of Riviere-au-Renard,
That bell was used for the G;s.spechurch
until the construction
and was destroyed
erected
the 14th 1862, a new bell
It is the bell of a ship that was wrecked
broke
the
the church,
were
completely
For a time it was
buildings
the
feared
and possibly
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destroy
the entire
saved the Sacred
village.
Easter mass had to be celebrated
old church which had been turned
Jacques
Cartier
The following
erected and the parish
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constructed
over, ~e
Parish
and work
badly, in need
basement J aad the interior
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Father Polydore
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parish at Gaspe Basin.
and it
the Parish was founded
The Gaspe Rectors
in 1934, and
No. 2 Marie
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began the work to establish
On May 12th 1874 , Father
arrived at Gaspe as a desservant,in
January
Majorique
the following
a
Bolduc
year
and he became the first ReOtor.
uptil 1905 were in charge
of the missions
nNJ
of Cape aux OS1 Saint-Majorique
The following
1874-1875
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came from France
Ste-Therese-de-Lisieux
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fitted
is still to be built
were blessed and named No. 1 Christ-the-King,
Gaspe since 1874,
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a roof was
in the near future.
of the Cathedral
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on
of the basement
of a church,
which
is expected
basin purchased
year with the walls
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trice, No.3
the
began the same year
was opened for worship ~ to-day the cathadral
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hall,
at Gaspe
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in the
Hall since 1916.
of K. J. Carter,
the Cathedral.
himself
the next morning
into a parochial
In 1933 the Christ-The-King
the property
the Bishop
Species.
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Father
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is a list of priest that have resided
Rector,
Desservant,
Adelard
Richard,
Josue
Paradis,
Theophile
Van
de Mootel,
301duc,
Majorique
Bolduc,
RectDr,
Fabien
Gauthier,
Rector,
at
1917-1923
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Rector,
E.
Chenel,
Bernardin
D~y, Roy,
Rector,
R~ctor,
Regis
Grenier,
Mgr.
Father
Paul
Fran~ois
Honore
Joncas,
Cavanagh,
Rancourt,
Charles-Eug~ne
CANON ALFRED BUJOLD.
1956-
Rector of Christ-the-King cathedral G~spe.
1912-
Born February 14th, at Bonaventure-Quebe2.
Educated,
Primary Public school Bonaventure.
1928-1934
Classical studies. Gaspe Seminary Gaspe •
1934-
B.A. Gaspe. Seminary G~spe.
1934-1938
Theology Laval Quebec University.
1938-
Ordained priest by his Excellency F.X. Ross Bishop
of Gaspe, June the 11th, at Saint Bonaventure church,
Bonaventure Quebec.
1938-1939
Assistant to the Rector At Cape d'Espoir.
1939-1943
Assistant to the Rector at Ste-Anne-des-Monts.
1943-1954
Parish Priest at Cape-aux-Os.
1954-1956
Parish Priest at Perce.
THE REVEREN~ FATHER LAUREIITLEBLANC.
1958-
Assistant Rector of Christ-the-King Cathedral Gaspe.
1930-
Born February the 22th at Maria Bonaventure.
1958-
Ordained priest by his Excellency Paul Bernier,
Archbishop of ~aspe on April 28th at Ste-Brigitte's
church, Maria Bonaventure.
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SAINT NAITORIQUE DE FOJl;'TE1\"'ELLE
The parish
Reverend
mission
Father
of Saint Majorique
Majorique
Bolduc.
on r~oveD1berthe 20th
was named
in the honour
He said the first mzss
in the
1876 in the old school house which
was built on the front side of the road on the property
belong to Dominique
of
Lemieux.
that
Mass was said in this school hOQse
for two years.
On February
a church
work
the 26th 1877 permission
on the school hOQse
be;an on the building
was granted
ground. The same year
and was completed
in the spring
the following
ln June. On July the 23rd 1878 the Benediction
first church was held. The first cemetery
to build
year,
of Saint Majorique's
of the parish was also
on the same grounds.
SECOND A1~ PRESE~~
During
the twenty-six
years
that followed
the first church, many new families
as the first church became
the religous
arose,
service,
the question
the building
came to reside
in adequate
on lOth June 1904, permisson
church. Jerome Bouley
CHURCH.
in the mission,
to meet the demands
of building
a larger
was granted
to build a new
and Joseph Pascal Fournier
in the early winter
donated
of 1905. The first mass
in the new church )was Christmas
mid-night
The church was consecrated
the followin8
Albert-Andre
Blais, Bishop
of Rimouski.
and attached
to the new church
The following
of Saint Majorique
became a parish
on December
a plot
and was
to be said
mass of the same year.
spring by His Excellency
The old church
was moved
for its sacristy.
is a list of PTiests who have
de Fontenelle
of
church
of Land and work began tIle same swmmer on the building,
completed
of
since the mission
served
began.
the
parish
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FatherM. C.Gagne,
W. LeBlanc,
1938-1946
1921-1922
19551876-1880
1923-1930
1905-1909
1936-0ne
Pierre
1917-1918
Albert
DesRochers,
Father Fran~ois
Joseph
Fortin,
Regis
Grenie~,
Alexis
Dufresne,
James
J.
P.
E.
H.
N. Leblanc,
Real
Chenel,
Dion,
D'AnjOU,
Missionary,
1st-Rector,
Donat
Sevigny,
Majorique
Bolduc,
Rect or,
Desservant,
1946-1952
Eud.
Desbrens,
Josue
Paradis,
Theophile
Van
de Mootel,
Drapeau,
Fabien
Gauthier,
Cassy,
Rector,
Charles
COderre,
Father
Jean-Marie
Watier,
1932-1936
1922-1923
1880-1890
1930-1932
1909-1914
1936-1938
1918-1921
1952-1955
1876-1876
1923-0ct.
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1890-1905
1914-1917
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THE REVEREND
FATHER
BEIWIT
of Saint Majorique
M. BRODEUR.
1955-
Rector
de rontenel1e.
1922-
Born 30th October at Danville
Quebec.
Educated,
Primary
Academie
Masson.
1937-
Classical
Studies:
Juvenat
1942-
Noviciat:
Juvenat:
des Servi tes de l·J.arie
Ottawa.
1943-
Philosophy:
1946-
Theology:
1949-
Ordained
priest
on March
17 at St-Jean
Dominicans
des Servites
de Marie
Ottawa.
Ottawa.
Rome.
by "is Excellency
Tonna,
Bishop
in Rome
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Latran-Rome.
1949-
Professor
Ayer's Cliff,
1952-
Assistant
Vicar
1954-
Assistant
priest at our Lady
Point
Navarre,
Quebec.
at St-Anthony's
Ottawa.
of the Seven Sorrows
Quebe~.
THE REVEREIID FATHER
Rector
GABRIEL
LUSSIER.
1953-
Assistant
1906-
Born July the 6th at St-Damase
1929-
Ordained
priest
church,
of Saint Majorique
by J.M. Bonardi
Italy at Santissima-Annunsizta
de Fontenelle.
Quebec.
Auxiliary
Bishop
Church Florence
of Florence
Italy.
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ST-JEAN-BAPTIBTE
Cape-aux-Os
CAPE-AUX-OS.
was a mission
for many years
a parish in 1929. There were two churches
when it was a mission,
before
it became
built for the community
and one since it became a parish.
church was built around
1850 near the Bussell
The ~irst
Road. That church
bacame inadequate
to meet the demands
and in 1904, work
began on a larger one on the same grounds
the present church.
It was completed
of the growing
and consecrated
Then in 1950, for the same reason as the first
again the question
on the present
and consecrated
of building
church
as
in MaJ 1906.
church,
rose and work
once
began
in the spring of 1951, and was completed
on August
The following
a larger church
community,
30th the following
year.
is a list of priests who resided
at Cape-
aux-Os.
The Missionaries
1921-1931
1934-1936
1936-1943
1931-1934
The
Reverend
1943-1954
have already
Father
Felix
Gagne •
1954-
Rector
1912-
Born
1938-
Ordained
been mentioned.
George Desrosiers,
Rioux.
Lionel
Boisseau,
Zenon
Alfred
Gerard
Richard,
Bujold,
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of st. Jean-Baptiste,
on October
priest
Cape-aux-Os.
12th at New Richmond,
by the Archbishop
12 th June at SSe
Anees
Gardiens
Bonaventure.
of Moncton
~hurch,
N.B. on
New-RicrtlDond,Bo~.
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ST. AUGUSTIN
GRA1~E GREVE.
Grande Greve has always
IIissionaries from the missions
the small community.
Cape-des-Rosiers
In 1921, Grande
r.
been a mission.
of Perce
and Douglastown
In 1872 a missionary
and Grande
In the early days
cared
was sent to reside
Greve became attached
the
for
at
to that mission.
Greve was taken over by the mission
at Cape-aux-Os
and to-day it is still cared for by its Rector.
Grande
Greve has had two churches.
1855, and the present
The first was built in
one in 1951. They were
both buil~ on the
same grounds.
The following
des-Rosiers
is a list of missionaries
who have cared for Grande
Greve.
and rectors
of Cape-
Two others have
already
been mentioned.
1872-1874
Desservant,
Rector~
Rect
or,
Missionary,
Father
Pierre Alphonse
S~guin,
1898-1907
Father
Louis-Isidore-Theodule
1907-1908
Father
Joseph Robert Telesphore,
Fran~ois-Xavier
Cyprien
h ~artin,
Lariv~e, Delage,
1874-1877
1877-1881
1881-1898
Landry,
Sass€ville,
1908-
Father
M. S. Roy,
Rector,
Rect or,
Rector,
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