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The Ste. Geneviève Roman Catholic Church, in Sainte-Geneviève in the Rural Municipality of Tache, was built in 1918. A municipally designated historic site (1989), restoration work was undertaken as part of the Manitoba Prairie Churches Project. A community museum is based in the nearby rectory building.
The museum is open from 12 May (Manitoba Day) to 1 October. The hours of operation in July and August are Thursdays and Saturdays, 9:00 AM to noon, and Fridays and Mondays, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Otherwise, arrangements for visits at other times can be arranged by sending email to sitetache@outlook.com or calling 204-422-8508. The postal address is:
Site historique Monseigneur-Taché, inc. - Monseigneur-Taché Historic Site, Inc.
#50154 - MUN 41E
Sainte-Geneviève, Manitoba
R5J 0B9
Period
Cleric
1918-1922
Pierre Decelles
1922-1929
Joseph Pierre Ovila Moquin (1893-1971)
1929-1935
Pierre Picton (c1897-1963)
1935-1936
Aime Decosse
1936-1939
Francois-Xavier Normandin
1939-1947
L. J. Lafreniere
1947-1950
Edouard Fontaine
1950-1952
Maurice Bonneville
1952-1956
Hyacinthee Marchiol
1956-1960
Georges Marie Svoboda (1913-2010)
1960
Marcel Giroux
1961-1963
Paul Deschenes
1963-1967
Louis-Philippe Jean
1967-1970
Daniel Lavoie
1970-1973
Rejean Belanger
1973-1974
Donald Cote
1974-1981
Gerard-Magella Levesque
1981-1987
Henri Prescott
1987-1989
Jean-Paul Gagne
1989-1993
Edmond Baril
1994-1995
Real Gingras
1995-1998
Edouard Bonin
Ste. Geneviève Roman Catholic Church (March 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Interior of Ste. Geneviève Roman Catholic Church (March 2018)
Source: George Penner
Interior of Ste. Geneviève Roman Catholic Church (March 2018)
Source: George Penner
Rectory Museum (July 2019)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Exhibit in the Rectory Museum (June 2017)
Source: Virginia Freynet
Ste. Geneviève Roman Catholic Cemetery (November 2010)
Source: Peter McLureSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.74528, W96.52575
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Prairie Churches Project / Manitoba Prairie Icons Project
Monseigneur Tache Historic Site, Main Street North, Ste-Geneviève, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch.
Sainte-Genevieve: 1900-1999 by Comite culturel de Sainte-Genevieve, 1999, page 137.
Ste Genevieve Roman Catholic Cemetery - Ste Genevieve MB, Waymarking.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Virginia Freynet, Rose Kuzina, and George Penner.
Page revised: 9 May 2023
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