Rue du Chanoine Moisan

Marie-Joseph MOISAN - Religious

1865 - 1946

Marie-Joseph Moisan, parish priest of Fuveau from 1904 to 1944, marked the life of the village during this entire period. Born in Brittany in 1865, he arrived 15 years later in Chuneuf-le-Rouge where his father had just been named director of the church. He was ordained priest in 1889, curate of Mallemort and then of Istres, then parish priest of Coudoux. He was appointed to Fuveau on August 28, 1904 and never left his parish. He is the author of several books including a Life of Eugene Mazenod and Ten Years of Rural Patronage which provide valuable information on the life of the parish and the village in general in the first half of the last century.very involved in the life of the village where he was particularly appreciated, he was in charge of a very flourishing boys' oratory. Pressed to be appointed he always refused to stay in his parish as a priest and then as a canon.

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