Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church (Starbuck, RM of Macdonald)

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Clerics | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

This church building in Starbuck, in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald, was built in 1904 and remains in active use.

Clerics

Period	Cleric
1905-1909	Father Joubert
1909-1916	Father L. J. Hogue
1916-1920	?
1920-1930	Father L. Roy Letellier
1930-1936	Father Gustave Couture
1936-1945	Louis Philippe Brunet (c1912-1948)
1945-1948	?
1948-1958	Father V. Beaulieu

Photos & Coordinates

St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church at Starbuck (October 2017) Source: George Penner Interior of St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church at Starbuck (October 2017) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.77027, W97.62163 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

“Rev. Father Couture goes to Rainy River parish,” Winnipeg Free Press, 26 September 1936, page 20.

Hugging the Meridian: A Manitoba Municipal History, 1881-1981 by Betty Dyck, pages 134-135.

This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 10 December 2022

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