A native of Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Rimouski, Father Alexandre Bouillon entered seminary at the age of thirteen and was ordained priest on May 27, 1899 by Archbishop André-Albert Blais in Rimouski.
Serving in various parishes of the Archdiocese of Rimouski, substituting sick parish priests or vacant offices, he served through the years at St-Moïse (Matane); St-Gabriel (Rimouski); Sainte-Félicité (Matane); à Trois-Pistoles (Témiscouata); Cacouna (Témiscouata); Amqui (Matane), the missions de Saint-Léon-le-Grand and Saint-Edmond-du-Lac-au-Saumon; Grande Rivière (Gaspé); Baie-des-Sables (Matane); Saint-Arsène (Témiscouata); St-Jean-Baptiste-de-L'Isle-Verte (Témiscouata); and secretary to the Ordinary of Rimouski.
Founding parish priest of St-Eusèbe (Témiscouata) and of St-Edmond-du-Lac-au-Saumon (Matane), a chapel dedicated to Saint Joseph built at the latter became soon a popular place of pilgrimage. Founding the convent of Our Lady of the and the community of the Servants of Our Lady the Clergy, in 1925 he visited England, France, Belgium, Italy, the Holy Land, Constantinople, Athens, Greece, and the islands of Malta, Rhodes and Cyprus.
A highly respected man, whose life was authored by Sr. Jeanne Roy SRC., in 1973 (Un pauvre de Yahweh: Alexandre Bouillon (1873-1943), premier curé de la paroisse de Lac-au-Saumon et fondateur des Servantes de Notre-Dame-Reine-du-clergé), upon his death he was laid to rest at the cemetery of Lac-au-Saumon, where in 1950, seven years following his death, a special mausoleum was erected in his honour inside the cemetery itself, to which his remains were transported.
Serving in various parishes of the Archdiocese of Rimouski, substituting sick parish priests or vacant offices, he served through the years at St-Moïse (Matane); St-Gabriel (Rimouski); Sainte-Félicité (Matane); à Trois-Pistoles (Témiscouata); Cacouna (Témiscouata); Amqui (Matane), the missions de Saint-Léon-le-Grand and Saint-Edmond-du-Lac-au-Saumon; Grande Rivière (Gaspé); Baie-des-Sables (Matane); Saint-Arsène (Témiscouata); St-Jean-Baptiste-de-L'Isle-Verte (Témiscouata); and secretary to the Ordinary of Rimouski.
Founding parish priest of St-Eusèbe (Témiscouata) and of St-Edmond-du-Lac-au-Saumon (Matane), a chapel dedicated to Saint Joseph built at the latter became soon a popular place of pilgrimage. Founding the convent of Our Lady of the and the community of the Servants of Our Lady the Clergy, in 1925 he visited England, France, Belgium, Italy, the Holy Land, Constantinople, Athens, Greece, and the islands of Malta, Rhodes and Cyprus.
A highly respected man, whose life was authored by Sr. Jeanne Roy SRC., in 1973 (Un pauvre de Yahweh: Alexandre Bouillon (1873-1943), premier curé de la paroisse de Lac-au-Saumon et fondateur des Servantes de Notre-Dame-Reine-du-clergé), upon his death he was laid to rest at the cemetery of Lac-au-Saumon, where in 1950, seven years following his death, a special mausoleum was erected in his honour inside the cemetery itself, to which his remains were transported.
A native of Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Rimouski, Father Alexandre Bouillon entered seminary at the age of thirteen and was ordained priest on May 27, 1899 by Archbishop André-Albert Blais in Rimouski.
Serving in various parishes of the Archdiocese of Rimouski, substituting sick parish priests or vacant offices, he served through the years at St-Moïse (Matane); St-Gabriel (Rimouski); Sainte-Félicité (Matane); à Trois-Pistoles (Témiscouata); Cacouna (Témiscouata); Amqui (Matane), the missions de Saint-Léon-le-Grand and Saint-Edmond-du-Lac-au-Saumon; Grande Rivière (Gaspé); Baie-des-Sables (Matane); Saint-Arsène (Témiscouata); St-Jean-Baptiste-de-L'Isle-Verte (Témiscouata); and secretary to the Ordinary of Rimouski.
Founding parish priest of St-Eusèbe (Témiscouata) and of St-Edmond-du-Lac-au-Saumon (Matane), a chapel dedicated to Saint Joseph built at the latter became soon a popular place of pilgrimage. Founding the convent of Our Lady of the and the community of the Servants of Our Lady the Clergy, in 1925 he visited England, France, Belgium, Italy, the Holy Land, Constantinople, Athens, Greece, and the islands of Malta, Rhodes and Cyprus.
A highly respected man, whose life was authored by Sr. Jeanne Roy SRC., in 1973 (Un pauvre de Yahweh: Alexandre Bouillon (1873-1943), premier curé de la paroisse de Lac-au-Saumon et fondateur des Servantes de Notre-Dame-Reine-du-clergé), upon his death he was laid to rest at the cemetery of Lac-au-Saumon, where in 1950, seven years following his death, a special mausoleum was erected in his honour inside the cemetery itself, to which his remains were transported.
Serving in various parishes of the Archdiocese of Rimouski, substituting sick parish priests or vacant offices, he served through the years at St-Moïse (Matane); St-Gabriel (Rimouski); Sainte-Félicité (Matane); à Trois-Pistoles (Témiscouata); Cacouna (Témiscouata); Amqui (Matane), the missions de Saint-Léon-le-Grand and Saint-Edmond-du-Lac-au-Saumon; Grande Rivière (Gaspé); Baie-des-Sables (Matane); Saint-Arsène (Témiscouata); St-Jean-Baptiste-de-L'Isle-Verte (Témiscouata); and secretary to the Ordinary of Rimouski.
Founding parish priest of St-Eusèbe (Témiscouata) and of St-Edmond-du-Lac-au-Saumon (Matane), a chapel dedicated to Saint Joseph built at the latter became soon a popular place of pilgrimage. Founding the convent of Our Lady of the and the community of the Servants of Our Lady the Clergy, in 1925 he visited England, France, Belgium, Italy, the Holy Land, Constantinople, Athens, Greece, and the islands of Malta, Rhodes and Cyprus.
A highly respected man, whose life was authored by Sr. Jeanne Roy SRC., in 1973 (Un pauvre de Yahweh: Alexandre Bouillon (1873-1943), premier curé de la paroisse de Lac-au-Saumon et fondateur des Servantes de Notre-Dame-Reine-du-clergé), upon his death he was laid to rest at the cemetery of Lac-au-Saumon, where in 1950, seven years following his death, a special mausoleum was erected in his honour inside the cemetery itself, to which his remains were transported.
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