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MOMBOURQUETTE,
Rev. James A.
MOMBOURQUETTE, Rev. James A. - Rev. James Mombourquette, a priest of
the Diocese of Antigonish, died on May 5, 2005, in King City, Ont. Father
Mombourquette was born in Rockdale, Richmond Co., on July 26, 1932,
a son of Charles and Veronique Mombourquette. After high school graduation
he went to St. Anne's College, Church Point, from which he graduated
with a Bachelor of Arts in 1955. Subsequently he studied for the priesthood
at Holy Heart Seminary, Halifax, and was ordained on June 16, 1962,
by Bishop William Power. During his priesthood Father Mombourquette
served as Associate in St. Hyacinth Parish, D'Escousse, St. Joseph's,
Petit de Grat, and Our Lady of Lourdes, Stellarton. He served as Pastor
in D'Escousse, St. Louis Parish, Louisdale, St. Peter's, Larry's River,
St. Joseph's, Petit de Grat, St. Mary's, Big Pond, and St. Michael's,
Margaree. He also spent a year on faculty of St. F.X. University. Meanwhile,
he had served two terms on the Senate of Priests of the diocese, as
well as having assisted on the Marriage Tribunal. Father Mombourquette
spent his later years in retirement, first in Monastery, and then in
Marylake, Ont. Father Mombourquette is survived by one sister, Anne
Marie, St. Isidore, N.B. Besides his parents, he was predeceased by
a brother, Douglas. Father Mombourquette was buried in King City, Ont.,
on May 10, following a funeral mass concelebrated by a number of priests
from Antigonish Diocese.
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