Memorable Manitobans: Jacques Alexis Bertrand (1891-1967)

Cleric.

Born at St. Boniface on 4 December 1891, son of Alexinas Pariseau, he received a BA degree from the University of Manitoba. In 1914, he was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest by Archbishop Beliveau. He was pastor at several Manitoba parishes from 1914 to 1918, then at St. Cecelia at Inwood (1918-1919), Selkirk (1919-1929), St. Jean’s at Grande Clairiere (1929-1934), Ste. Amelie (1934-1936), St. Lazare (1936-1945), and St. Felix de Valois at Dunrea (1945-1960). He retired in 1960. He died at the St. Boniface Hospital on 19 August 1967 and was buried in the St. Boniface Cathedral Cemetery.

Sources:

Birth registration [Jacques Alexis Bertrand], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 22 August 1967.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 26 April 2023

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