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Sainte Rose de Lima Cemetery is located close to the parish that it serves. You can read about the church campus at this LINK
stop 1 – gates of Sainte Rose de Lima Cemetery
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stop 2 – gravestone of Joseph Fredette the founder
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stop 3 – priests’ circle A
pastor | years served the church | burial | role | ||
Hormsadas Hamelin | 1897 to 1909 | FINDAGRAVE | pastor to the mission church | ||
Joseph Fredette | 1909 to 1918 | FINDAGRAVE | founding pastor | ![]() | |
Joseph Brochu | 1918 to 1924 | FINDAGRAVE | 2nd pastor | ||
Jean Baptiste Lamothe | 1925 to 1945 | FINDAGRAVE | ![]() | ||
Charles Fortin | 1945 to 1958 | FINDAGRAVE | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Armand Silvain | 1958 to 1964 | FINDAGRAVE | ![]() | ||
Eugene Guerin | 1964 to 1976 | FINDAGRAVE | ![]() | ||
Roger Viau | 1976 to 1978 | FINDAGRAVE | |||
John Paul Richard | 1978 to 1989 | FINDAGRAVE | ![]() | ||
Leo Leclerc | 1989 to 2005 | FINDAGRAVE | ![]() | ||
William Tourigny | 2005 to | FINDAGRAVE |
stop 4 – two more pastors
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Roger Viau and John Paul Richard are found in the section just beyond. It is called section E. Joseph Brochu is buried in Quebec province.
stop 5 – priests’ circle B
pastor | years served the church | burial | role | |
Albert Beaudry | FINDAGRAVE | 1893-1981 | ||
Richard Faucher | FINDAGRAVE | 1917-1993 | ||
Leon Sauvageau | FINDAGRAVE | Nativity and St George | 1900-1990 | |
Leon Nadeau | FINDAGRAVE | 1913-1996 | ||
Ernest Moreau | FINDAGRAVE | 1922-2000 | ||
Philippe Roux | FINDAGRAVE | |||
Donald Dube | FINDAGRAVE | 1935-2003 | ||
William Rousseau | FINDAGRAVE | |||
Eugene Plasse | FINDAGRAVE | 1940-2018 | ||
Robert Arpin | FINDAGRAVE | |||
Paul Morissette | FINDAGRAVE |
stop 6 – potters field
stop 7 – baby graves
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There are many children buried in the baby section. Some are very old gravestone.
stop 8 – Veterans Walkway
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