Mackinac County
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| The following Priests of the Roman Catholic Church have served
Michilimackinac: The dates opposite their names indicate the first and last year of their stay; or, as the case may be, of their visits; for many of them made only occasional visits, having other parishes, or missions, in their charge. Their names are marked as thus *. The first church on the main land, north of the Strait, was built in 1671; the second about 1674; burnt in 1706. The present church was built in 1838. NOTE: Year this was written was 1883. The first church on the main land, south of the Strait, was built about 1712, when the post was re-established; the second, about 1741. The first church on the island was built about 1785. It occupied a part of the old cemetery on Astor street. The second was erected in 1827, on the site of the present one, on land donated by Mrs. Magdalene Laframboise. The present building was erected in 1873. NOTE: Year this was written was 1883. Beneath the altar are the graves of Mrs. Magdalene Laframboise, her only
daughter, and grandson, Langdon Pierce (wife and son of Capt. Benjamin K.
Pierce, U.S.A.). On the marble slabs over their graves are the following
inscriptions:
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ANCIENT MICHILIMACKINAC or ST. IGNACE |
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| 1670 | Rev. Father DABLON, I. J. (possibly Marquette) |
| 1671-1673 | Rev. Father James MARQUETTE, S. J. |
| 1673-? | Rev. Father Philip PIERSON, S. J. |
| 1674-? | Rev. Father Henry NOUVEL, S. J. |
| 1677-? | Rev. Father J. ENJALRAN, S. J. |
| 1680-1681 | Rev. Father Louis HENNEPIN, Franciscan* |
| 16??-? | Rev. Father DE CARHEIL, S. J. |
| 16??-1706 | Rev. Father J. MAREST, S. J. |
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OLD MACKINAC or Lower Michigan |
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| 1708-? | Rev. Father J. MAREST, S. J. |
| 1741-1752 | Rev. Father J. B. LAMORINIE, S. J. * |
| 1741-1765 | Rev. Father DU JAUNAY, S. J. |
| 1742-1744 | Rev. Father C. G. COQUARZ, S. J. * |
| 1753-1761 | Rev. Father M. L. LEFRANC, S. J. |
| 1768-1775 | Rev. Father GIBAULT, Vicar General of Illinois |
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ON THE ISLAND AND IN MODERN ST. IGNACE |
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| 1786-1787 | Rev. Father PAYET, of Illinois* |
| 1794 | Rev. Father LEDRU, Dominican of France * |
| 1796 | Rev. Father LEVADOUX, of Detroit, Vicar General of the Bishop of Baltimore |
| 1799-1823 | Rev. Father G. RICHARD, Curate of St. Ann, Detroit, and Vicar General |
| 1801 | Rev. Father J. DILHET * |
| 1816-1818 | Rev. Father Joseph CREVIER, of Canada * |
| 1825-1827 | Rev. Father Francis Vincent BADIN of St. Joseph's * |
| 1827-1830 | Rev. P. J. DE JEAN, of Little Traverse Bay * |
| 1829-1831 | Rt. Rev. Edward FENWICK, Bishop of Cincinnati * |
| 1830 | Rev. Father MALLON, of Cincinnati |
| 1830-1833 | Rev. Father Samuel MAZZUCHELLI, Dominican |
| 1830-1838 | Rev. Father Frederic RESÉ, Vicar General of Cincinnati, Bishop of Detroit, 1834* |
| 1831-1865 | Rev. Father Frederic BARAGA, Vicar General of Little Traverse Bay. Afterwards (1853-1868) Bishop of Sault Ste. Marie and Marquette. * |
| 1833 | Rev. Father J. LOSTRIE |
| 1833-1834 | Rev. Father Francis HATSCHER, Redemporist. |
| 1838-1843 | Rev. Father Santi SANTELLI |
| 1843-1845 | Rev. Father C. SKOLLA. Franciscan |
| 1845 | Rev. Father H. VAN RENTERGHEM |
| 1845-1852 | Rt. Rev. P. LEFEVRE, Bishop of Detroit * |
| 1846-1874 | Rev. Father A. D. PIRET, retired to Chenaux 1870 |
| 1852 | Rev. Father Francis PIERZ, of Little Traverse Bay * |
| 1854-1857 | Rev. Father E. L. M. JAHAN |
| 1858-1861 | Rev. Father Patrick B. MURRAY |
| 1861-1867 | Rev. Father Henry L. THIELE, two terms |
| 1868 | Rev. Father Charles MAGNÉ |
| 1868-1871 | Rev. Father Mattjoas ORTH |
| 1869-1870 | Rev. Father Philip S. ZORN, of Grand Traverse Bay * |
| 1870-1871 | Rev. Father Nicolas L. SIFFERATH, of Cross Village * |
| 1871 | Rev. Father Charles VARY, S. J. of Sault Ste. Marie * |
| 1871-1879 | Rt. Rev. Ignatius MRAK, Bishop of Marquette * |
| 1871-1872 | Rev. Father L. B. LEBOUC |
| 1872-1873 | Rev. Father Moses MAINVILLE |
| 1873-1880 | Rev. Father Edward JACKER |
| 1875-1878 | Rev. Father William DWYER |
| 1878-1879 | Rev. Father John BRAUN |
| 1879-1881 | Rev. Father John C. KENNY |
| 1880-1881 | Rev. Father C. A. RICHARD |
| 1880-1882 | Rt. Rev. John VERTIN, Bishop of Marquette * |
| 1881 | Rev. Father Bonaventure FREY, Prov. Cap. Order * |
| 1881-1882 | Rev. Father Kilian HAAS, O. M. Cap. |
| 1881-1882 | Rev. Father Isidore HANDTMANN, O. M. Cap. |
| 1882-1883 | Rev. Father John CHEBUL |
| 1883 | Rev. Father Joseph NIEBLING |
SOURCE: Annals of Fort Mackinac by: Dwight H. Kelton, Lieut. U. S. Army Revised Edition 1883 - Electronic copy transcribed and copyrighted © by Patricia L. Hamp August 2006. All rights reserved.
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