List of pastors at St. Simon & St. Jude Church

The following is a list of all pastors from the St. Simon & St. Jude Church in Tignish, PE from 1799—present, listed chronologically:

Pastor

Photo

Time served

Notes

L'Abbé de Calonne &
L'Abbé Pichard

1799 – 1803

Not ordained priests, regular citizens only

Angus McEachern

1803 – 1812

L'Abbé Jean-Louis Beaubien

1812 – 1818

L'Abbé Joseph Étienne Cecile

1818 – 1822

Bernard Donald McDonald
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1822 – 1828

Sylvain Poirier
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1828 – 1843

Peter McIntyre
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1843 – 1860

André Roy

1860 – 1861

Dugald MacDonald
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1861 – 1863

Dougald MacIsaac

1863 – 1867

Dugald MacDonald
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1867 – 1923

Longest running priest; 56 years

Gregory MacLellan

1923 – 1931

John Archie Macdonald
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1931 – 1956

Michael Rooney
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1956 – 1971

Austin Bradley

1971 – 1975

Arthur Pendergast
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1975 – 1977

Now serves at the nearby Immaculate Conception Church, Palmer Road

Walter Reid
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1977 – 1980

Edouard Cormier
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1980 – 1983

Has one (false) wooden leg. Subsequently served at Palmer Road from 1988–1999

Claude Shea

1983 – 1990

Albin Arsenault
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1990 – 2003

Was one of the most beloved priests, now serves in Miscouche, PE

James Willick
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2003 — present

Edouard Cormier
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2005 — present
(French mass)

Serves at Palmer Road simultaneously

See also

  • Tignish
  • Palmer Road
  • Ascension
  • Harper Road
  • St. Felix