In
1847, St. Mary’s, now Immaculate Conception, a predominantly Irish church,
was founded in St. Albans with Rev. George HAMILTON as first pastor. Rev.
Pierre-Marie MIGNAULT, pastor of St. Joseph’s in Chambly, St. Jean County,
Quebec is believed to have made regular visits to St. Albans as early as
1818. Rev. O’CALLAGHAN of Burlington had visited St. Albans at regular
intervals from 1830 until 1841 when Rev. William IVERS took charge of the
congregation.
In
1854, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, a predominantly French church was
founded in Swanton with Rev. L.L. LIONET as first pastor. St. Albans priests
attended the Swanton congregation prior to 1854. Indian tradition reports
a visit of a priest in Swanton in 1613. The Swanton Methodist Episcopal
Church had visiting ministers as early as 1806 and the church was formed
in 1816. The Congregational Church was organized in 1801and a church erected
in 1822-1823. The Episcopal Holy Trinity Church has services as early as
1820 but no real progress was made until 1867 with the first church built
in 1876.
In
1858, St. Patrick was founded in Fairfield with Rev. Rev. Thomas RIORDAN
as first pastor. The spiritual needs of this community, predominantly Irish,
was attended to by periodic visits of Rev. MIGNAULT of Chambly, Quebec
as early as 1815.
In
1872, Holy Angels, a predominantly French church, was founded in St. Albans
with Rev. George N. CAISSY as first resident pastor. As noted under St.
Mary’s Church, REV. MIGNAULT of Chambly Quebec made regular visits to the
French-speaking Catholics of St. Albans from 1818 to probably as late as
1846. St. Mary’s. After the Civil War, St. Albans became a center speaking
out for the French Canadian cause.
In
1874, St. John the Baptist, a predominantly French parish, was founded
in Enosburg Falls with Rev. Joseph BREVILET the first resident pastor.
Rev. O’CALLAGHAN of Burlington offered Mass here in 1848. Between 1848
and 1874 the Catholic community here was ministered to by priests from
Quebec (including Bishop Amadeus RAPPE) and from Fairfield and St. Albans.
In
1858, a chapel was established in Alburg. The parish of St. Amadeus
was officially founded in 1886. “The oldest congregation in VT was that
of a Catholic Church organized in 1731 in what is now Alburg.”
In
1871, St. Joseph was founded in Isle Lamotte.
In
1895, St. Rose of Lima was founded in South Hero with Rev. Joseph TIRCOTTE
the first resident pastor. A house was converted into a church here in
1858 and regularly attended from Plattsburgh, NY, Milton, Burlington, and
Alburg.
In
1888, St. Theresa was founded in Hyde Park with Rev. Jean Marie COATHUEL
first resident pastor. Rev. Jeremiah O’CALLAGHAN of Burlington visited
this town probably as early as 1830 and then for twenty years the people
here were attended by priests from Underhill, Fairfield, Highgate and Burlington
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churches before 1903.
From
1826 to 1834 and from 1848 to 1860, Revs. J. HOLMES, M. POWER, H. PAISLEY,
and H. ROBSON performed missionary work mainly in Orleans County. The register
of Sacre Coeur de Jesus of Stanstead, Quebec, as recorded in LDS Reel 1,
031, 751, contains the records of the sacraments, primarily baptisms, administered
by these missionary priests.
From
1838 to 1840, Revs. John MOORE, John FALVEY and Joseph DALLAIRE performed
missionary work in Orleans County near the Quebec border. The register
of St-Jean-Chrysotome of Chateaugay County, Quebec, as recorded in LDS
Reel 1, 031, 559 contains the sacraments, primarily baptisms, administered
by these missionary priests.
In
1873, St. Mary Star of the Sea, a predominantly French church, was founded
in Newport with Rev. John S. MICHAUD, later the second Bishop of Burlington,
first resident pastor. The first Mass was said here in 1840.
In
1875, St. Columban was founded in Lowell.
In
1893, Conversion of St. Paul was founded in Barton with Rev. Joseph TURCOT
first resident pastor. The first Mass was said here in 1851.
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