Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ste. Genevieve Roman Catholic Church and Cemetery / Monseigneur Tache Historic Site / Old Rectory Museum (98 rue Saltel, Sainte-Geneviève, RM of Tache)

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Clerics | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

The Ste. Geneviève Roman Catholic Church, in Sainte-Geneviève in the Rural Municipality of Tache, was built in 1918. A municipally designated historic site (1989), restoration work was undertaken as part of the Manitoba Prairie Churches Project. A community museum is based in the nearby rectory building.

The museum is open from 12 May (Manitoba Day) to 1 October. The hours of operation in July and August are Thursdays and Saturdays, 9:00 AM to noon, and Fridays and Mondays, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Otherwise, arrangements for visits at other times can be arranged by sending email to sitetache@outlook.com or calling 204-422-8508. The postal address is:

Site historique Monseigneur-Taché, inc. - Monseigneur-Taché Historic Site, Inc.
#50154 - MUN 41E
Sainte-Geneviève, Manitoba
R5J 0B9

Clerics

Period	Cleric
1918-1922	Pierre Decelles
1922-1929	Joseph Pierre Ovila Moquin (1893-1971)
1929-1935	Pierre Picton
1935-1936	Aime Decosse
1936-1939	Francois-Xavier Normandin
1939-1947	L. J. Lafreniere
1947-1950	Edouard Fontaine
1950-1952	Maurice Bonneville
1952-1956	Hyacinthee Marchiol
1956-1960	Georges Marie Svoboda (1913-2010)
1960	Marcel Giroux
1961-1963	Paul Deschenes
1963-1967	Louis-Philippe Jean
1967-1970	Daniel Lavoie
1970-1973	Rejean Belanger
1973-1974	Donald Cote
1974-1981	Gerard-Magella Levesque
1981-1987	Henri Prescott
1987-1989	Jean-Paul Gagne
1989-1993	Edmond Baril
1994-1995	Real Gingras
1995-1998	Edouard Bonin

Photos & Coordinates

Ste. Geneviève Roman Catholic Church (March 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Interior of Ste. Geneviève Roman Catholic Church (March 2018) Source: George Penner Interior of Ste. Geneviève Roman Catholic Church (March 2018) Source: George Penner Rectory Museum (July 2019) Source: Rose Kuzina Exhibit in the Rectory Museum (June 2017) Source: Virginia Freynet Ste. Geneviève Roman Catholic Cemetery (November 2010) Source: Peter McLure Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.74528, W96.52575 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Prairie Churches Project / Manitoba Prairie Icons Project

Sources:

Monseigneur Tache Historic Site, Main Street North, Ste-Geneviève, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch.

Sainte-Genevieve: 1900-1999 by Comite culturel de Sainte-Genevieve, 1999, page 137.

Ste Genevieve Roman Catholic Cemetery - Ste Genevieve MB, Waymarking.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Virginia Freynet, Rose Kuzina, and George Penner.

Page revised: 15 April 2022

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