Gallery 2 - Sense of belonging and taking roots into Greater Madawaska (1860-1960)
16. Drummond
Félix Dugal (1867-1946) (am_1249)
Fourthparish priest of Drummond, the Good Mr. Dugal as the people called him, was born in
Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec. He was the son of Charles Dugal and Vénérante D'Amour and half brother to
Msgr. Louis-Napoléon Dugal. He was ordained a priest at Quebec in 1892 by Bishop Blais of Rimouski.
He was curate in Saint-Léonard for two years then parish priest of Saint-Michel of Drummond from
1894 to 1932. Next, he was chaplain at the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Rivière-du-Loup and later
at the St. Joseph noviciate in Vallée-Lourdes from 1935 to 1939. He retired at Hôte-Dieu St. Joseph
in Saint-Basile and is buried in the cemetery of the Sisters community. The residents of Drummond
had great respect for this holy priest who was their parish priest for almost 37 years. Photo taken
around 1935.
