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Saint-Laurent Parish Priests


Saint-Laurent Parish Priests

Following the canonic erection of the Saint-Laurent Parish in 1720 and the blessing of the chapel on October 1st that same year, Brittany Sulpician François Seré (1680-1722) became the first Parish priest of Saint-Laurent. He left his duties as priest of Longueuil to join the new parish.

This one was originally managed by the Fathers of Saint-Sulpice. In 1789, secular priests took over. When Father Jean-Baptiste Gaultier aka Saint-Germain passed away in 1863, an agreement between the latter and Mgr Bourget transferred responsibility of the parish to the Fathers of Sainte-Croix. Below is the list of priests who headed the parish since it was founded.

Fathers of Saint-Sulpice

François Seré 1720-1722
Pierre de Minier 1722-1725
Joseph Hourdé 1725-1730
Jean Matis 1730-1731
P. Ruffin de La Marandière 1731-1732
Jacques Le Tessier 1732-1733
Jean Matis 1733-1758
Jean-Baptiste Reverchon 1758-1759
Jean-de-Dieu François Robert 1759-1769
Jean-Baptiste Beauzèle 1769-1789


Secular priests

Benjamin Keller 1789-1790
Charles-François Perrault 1790-1794
Joseph-Mathurin Bourg 1794-1797
François-Joseph Cazeneuve 1797-1817
Ignace-Raphaël Leclerc 1817-1826
Louis-Marie Lefebvre 1826-1829
Jean-Baptiste Gaultier 1829-1863


Fathers of Sainte-Croix

Félix Véniard

1863-1876
Louis-Philippe Beaudet

1876-1896
Georges-Auguste Dion

1896-1906
Alfred Crevier

1906-1919
Elphège Hébert

1919-1927
Édouard Laurin

1927-1933
Albert Cousineau

1934-1936
Arthurus Théôret

1936-1942
Armand Grou

1942-1950
Albert Cousineau

1950-1951
Jules Poitras

1951-1964
Marcel Plamondon 1964-1974
Marcel Arbour 1974-1980
Georges-Émile Boudreau 1980-1984
Jean-Marc Chicoine 1984-1995
Pierre Dufour 1995-2001
Pierre Dufour (Priest administrator) 2001-2008
André Charron 2009-2012
Yvon Cousineau 2012-








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