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The Seeker Newsmagazine Cornwall

14 Clergy to have new/modified roles

Don Smith by Don Smith
May 4, 2014
in News and Announcements
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Each Autumn, the bishop, priests and deacons along with the prayer partners gather for a special
Mass of Thanksgiving and Reception.
The celebration, which changes location each year,  took place on October 11th at Precious Blood Parish in 2012.

Each Autumn, the bishop, priests and deacons along with the prayer partners gather for a special Mass of Thanksgiving and Reception. The celebration, which changes location each year, took place on October 11th at Precious Blood Parish in 2012.

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Bishop Marcel Damphousse
Bishop Marcel Damphousse

This weekend in churches throughout the Alexandria-Cornwall Diocese, parishioners were read a letter from their bishop, Marcel Damphousse, formally announcing the anticipated changes scheduled for June 30th.  18 churches and 14 priests are affected.  For the health of priests and parishes, priests are generally re-assigned every six years, although there are exceptions.  Priests who were moved recently to replace retiring colleagues were not moved again.  Priests nearing retirement age were not re-assigned.  Fr. Laurier Rivet (44 years of service) and Msgr Rejean Lebrun (52 years of service) will be retiring.

Some upcoming milestone anniversaries include a 25th for Fr. Bob McDonald (May 6), a 20th for Fr. Allan MacDonald (May 14) and a 25th for Fr. Doug Lucia (May 20).  MacDonald hails from this diocese and now serves with the Companions of the Cross as Vocations Director.  Lucia, incardinated and serving in the Ogdensburg Diocese, served at St. Columban for a  time.  Both men still have prayer partners here.

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Each Autumn, the bishop, priests and deacons along with the prayer partners gather for a special Mass of Thanksgiving and Reception. The celebration, which changes location each year,  took place on October 11th at Precious Blood Parish in 2012.
Each Autumn, the bishop, priests and deacons along with the prayer partners gather for a special
Mass of Thanksgiving and Reception.
The celebration, which changes location each year, took place on October 11th at Precious Blood Parish in 2012.

ALEXANDRIA-CORNWALL DIOCESE PRIEST ASSIGNMENTS

PARISH UNTIL JUNE 30 AS OF JUNE 30
Cornwall English Parishes (4)
St. Columban Fr. Dan VanDelst, Pastor Fr. Jerome Pastores, Parochial Admin
St. Peter Fr. Kevin Maloney, Pastor Fr. Matthew Brunet, Pastor
Blessed Sacrament Fr. Claude Thibault, Pastor Fr. Jacques Labelle, Pastor
St. Francis Fr. Jerome Pastores, Parochial Admin Fr. Kevin Maloney, Pastor
Cornwall French Parishes (4 becoming one plus three affiliated)
St. Theresa Fr. Marc Piche, Pastor Fr. Claude Thibault, Pastor
St. Felix Fr. Jean Muakadi Kabantu, Pastor Fr. Jean Muakadi Kabantu, Pastor;

Fr. Cyriaque Balla, Asst Pastor

Holy Cross Msgr. Rejean Lebrun, Pastor
Nativity Fr. Laurier Rivet, Rector
Rural English Churches (13 including twinned churches)
O.L of Grace, InglesideSt. Pius X, Long SaultSt. Bernard, Finch Fr. Matthew Brunet, Pastor Fr. Polycarp Chukwu, Temp Paroch Admin; Fr. Cyprian Ihedoro, Paroch Admin as of 18 Oct
St. Alexander, Lochiel
St. Martin, Glen Robertson
Fr. Cyriaque Balla, Pastor Last Mass June 1
comb w/Alexandria & Green Valley
St. Andrew Fr. Sean Shallow, Pastor No change
St. Anthony, Apple HillSt. James, MaxvilleSt. Michael’s Chapel Monkland Fr. Louis Groetelaars, Pastor No change
St. Finnan Cathedral, AlexandriaSt. Catherine of Sienna, Greenfield Fr. Kelvin Maloney, Pastor No change
St. Mary, WilliamstownSt. William, Martintown Fr. Bob McDonald, Pastor No change
Rural with both English and French Masses (6 as twinned churches)
O.L. of the Angels, Moose CreekO.L. of the Rosary, Crysler Fr. Eric Robichaud, Pastor No change
Precious Blood, Glen WalterSt. Joseph, Lancaster Fr. Jacques Labelle, Pastor Fr. Marc Piche, Pastor
St. RaphaelSt. Margaret, Glen Nevis Fr. Celestine Agwu, Parochial Admin No change
Rural French Churches (2)
Sacred Heart, Alexandria
O.L. of the Assumption, Green Valley
Fr. Denis Vaillancourt, Pastor Fr. Denis Vaillancourt, Pastor;
Fr. Alphonse Yema, s.c.j., Asst Pastor;
Now also resp. for St. Martin.

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  • Don Smith

    Don is a hometown photojournalist and videographer who creates content pertaining to a number of topics, notably good news, local history and social justice. Professionally he is the Manager & Associate Curator of the Cornwall Community Museum in Cornwall's waterfront park.

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