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
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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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