Memorable Manitobans: Joseph Pierre Ovila Moquin (1893-1971)

Cleric.

Born in the RM of Montcalm on 25 May 1893, son of Narcisse Moquin (1842-1925) and Sophronie Gosselin (1853-1920), he was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1921, by Arthur Beliveau. He served as assistant pastor at Our Lady of Assumption Roman Catholic Church at Mariapolis (1921-1922) then pastor at Ste. Genevieve Roman Catholic Church (1922-1929), Our Lady of Assumption Roman Catholic Church (1929-1955), and Somerset (1955-1966) before retiring to St. Boniface in 1966. He died at the St. Boniface Hospital on 9 March 1971 and was buried in the St. Boniface Cemetery.

Sources:

Birth registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 11 March 1971.

Echoes of Our Heritage: Mariapolis and District, 1891-1991 by Mariapolis History Book Committee, 1991, page 114.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 15 January 2023

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