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
• 2009-2020---Fr. Marc Montminy, 18^th pastor
• 2009---150^th anniversary observed
• 2020---Fr. Matthew Mason, 19^th pastor