Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Alphonse Roman Catholic Church, Grotto, and Cemetery (St. Alphonse, Municipality of Lorne)

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Clerics | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

This Roman Catholic church at St. Alphonse, in the Municipality of Lorne, was built in 1886. Its steeples and wings were added in 1930. The 125th anniversary of the St. Alphonse Parish was in 2008. A monument beside the church, erected in May 1983, marks the centenary of the parish that year and lists the priests who served the parish through that time.

Clerics

Period	Cleric
1883	Father Bitsche
1883-1884	Father Joseph Lavoie
1884-1895	Father Telesphore Campeau
1895-1897	Father Noel Perquis
1897-1899	Father Gustave Willems
1899-1903	Father Augustin Roux
1903-1923	Father Charles Deutscher
1923-1947	Father Hyacinthe Lapointe
1947-1957	Father Gerard De Ruyck
1957-1983	Father Alex Hunfeld
1999-2006	Father Firmin Michiels

Photos & Coordinates

St. Alphonse Roman Catholic Church (July 2018) Source: George Penner Interior of St. Alphonse Roman Catholic Church (July 2018) Source: George Penner St. Alphonse Roman Catholic Grotto (July 2018) Source: George Penner St. Alphonse Roman Catholic Cemetery (July 2018) Source: George Penner St. Alphonse Parish centennial monument (September 2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.43726, W99.00380 denoted by symbol on the map above

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This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and George Penner.

Page revised: 19 April 2020

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