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PRIESTS OF POMQUET 1792-1976
| 1792-1819 Father Francois Lejamtel 1803- Father Amable Pichard 1827-1832 Two Mission priests were in.charge of the parish of Pomquet.: Father Vincent de Paul and Rev.-Francis Xavier. l 836-1 859 Father John Quinan l842- l852 Father Louis Anssart was Mission Priest. After Father Anssart's death, 1845-1862 Father Charles P. Martell remained for 17 years, and is believed to have 1852-1862 Father John Quinan was mission priest of the time. After the departure of rather Quinan the care of the parish fell to Father Christian Kauder. 1863-1872 In February 1863, Father Joseph Chisholm became first resident pastor 1873 Father Broussard built the second glebe house 1884-1886 Father Joseph Chisholm was resident pastor of Pomquet Parish 1886-1893 Father F. MacRae, resident. pastor. 1893-1899 Rev.Joseph MacDonald, resident. pastor. 1899-1900 Father Donald MacAdam, parish priest. |
Pomquet was a separate parish after November, 1875, parish of HOLY CROSS. 1900-1903 Rev Roderick MacDonald, Resident pastor. 1903-1943 Father Danny Chisholm, parish priest. 1921 Father J.A. MacPherson 1921 July 15 to Aug. 24 Rèv. George Landry 1934-1935 Father MacLaughlin 1935-1937 Father Nash was an assistant priest to Father Chisholm. 1937-1938 Father Stanley P. MàcDonald, assistant priest to Father Chisholm. 1938-1941 Father Theophile MAillet was an assistant to Father Chisholm. . 1941-1943 Rev. R. J. MacSween was assistant to Father Chisholm 1943-1951 Father Briand, parish priest. 1951-1952 August 12. 1952, to September: Rev., MacLean. September 30, 1951- 1952: Rev. Joseph E. Marinelli. 1952-1927 Bishop Landry, first administrator and then became pastor. 1957- Father Peter Baccardax, resident Pastor. |
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By 1803, a chapel had been
built near the shore of the harbour across from the house of Leo & Rita Durant. The
name given was 'la Chapelle de l'Exultation de la Sainte Croix'. The cemetary is also
situated at the site but there no longer any gravemarkers. . The parish registry registry
which dates from Jan. 18th 1820, includes entrys which were made by Rev. François-Xavier,
the university's namesake in Antigonish. 
The registry states that
around 1803, a church was built near the shore behind Bob Kopf's house, which is
also the area where an old cemetery is located in which the people who died
from smallpox are buried. The present day church was built by Father Martel who also built
Tracadie and Harve- Boucher's churches. In 1861, Arichat's priest, in a letter addressed
to Father Rameau, states that the Population at that time was 600 people. In the years
that followed, Saint-Croix church has know several changes and undergone many repairs to
become the beautiful church we now attend.