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St. Michael
Parish
Exeter, NH
9 Lincoln Street
Exeter, NH 03833
STM@stmichaelparish.org
(603) 772-2494
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HISTORICAL TIME-LINE FOR ST. MICHAEL PARISH
1848---
Mission
church administered from Immaculate Conception, Lawrence
1851---Became
Mission
of St. James,
Haverhill
1853---Portland Diocese covering ME/NH establish apart from Boston Diocese
1859---
St.
Michael parish established (originally called St. Bernard)
1859-1862---Fr. James Perrache, 1
st
pastor
1862-1865---Fr. Bernard O’Hara, 2
nd
pastor
1865-1869---Fr. James Walsh, 3
rd
pastor.
1869---Fr. Michael O’Brien, 4
th
pastor
1869-1875---Fr. Charles Egan, 5
th
pastor
1875-1879---Fr. Michael Lucey, 6
th
pastor
1879---First permanent church dedicated under the title St. Michael
1879-1883---Fr. John Power, 7
th
pastor
1883-1904---Fr. John Canning, 8
th
pastor
1884---Diocese of
Manchester
established
1902---1
st
Associate Pastor named
1904-1913---Fr. John Finen D.D., 9
th
pastor
1913-1919---Fr. Patrick Scott, 10
th
pastor
1919-1956---Fr. Daniel Cotter, 11
th
pastor and longest serving one at 37 years
1932---St. Michael school opened with Sisters of Mercy from
Manchester
1951---Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur replaced Sisters of Mercy
1952---Fr. Cotter’s 77
th
birthday, Golden Jubilee and Grotto dedication
1956-1965---Fr. John McSweeney, 12
th
pastor
1958---Present church dedicated
1959---100
th
anniversary observed
1966-1974---Fr. John McQuaid, 13
th
pastor
1972---St. Michael school closes, Michael House purchased
1974-1981---Fr. Joseph Shields, 14
th
pastor
1981-1987---Fr. Lawrence Lennon, 15
th
pastor
1984---125
th
anniversary observed
1987-1999---Fr. Maurice Rochefort, 16
th
pastor
1999-2009---Fr. Marc Drouin, 17
th
pastor
2009---Fr. Marc Montminy, 18
th
pastor
2009---150
th
anniversary observed