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Father Joseph BaileyBorn at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade in 1819, Joseph Bailey tended the Irish immigrants struck by typhus at Grosse-Île in 1846, then became parish priest of Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets in 1855.- Father LouisA Récollet, parish priest of St-Pierre-les-Becquets from 1767 to 1789, Jean Demers built a vast presbytery and a sawmill on the rivière des Orignaux, and finished the church of St-Édouard-de-Gentilly in 1787.
The Gouin Parish PriestsTwo parish priests from Baie-du-Febvre: Philippe-Antonio Gouin, who arrived in 1898 and led an era of great progress, and Gratien Gouin, who died suddenly at the foot of the altar at 53. Both descend from Mathurin Gouin.