Search | Back   Rev. Andre (Girard) Brissett, O.S.B.   April 22, 1929 - May 11, 1988     Dates |  Ordos |  Notes |  Names       No Photo Available         Miscellaneous Notes   Abbot Jerome announced the death on 11 May of Father Andre Brissett who had been a monk of our Abbey or twenty-seven years before his departure in 1978. Father Andre entered the novitiate in 1951 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1956. He first served as procurator and teacher of history and liturgy at Saint Maur's Priory in South Onion, Kentucky. In 1960 he began a decade of pastoral work in the Bahamas, acting first as assistant at Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral in Nassau and then as pastor of five churches on various islands. During these years he was responsible for building a school, convent, chapel, church, and rectory. Upon his return to the States in 1970, Andre was assigned as associate pastor of Holy Rosary Church in Detroit Lakes for two years and as pastor of Saint Joseph Church in Saint Joseph for three years. After completing clinical pastoral education programs at Willmar State Hospital and the Hazelden Center, he did counseling at Saint Benedict's Convent for several months and then served as subprior of the Abbey for a year. In 1978 he left the community. For the past ten years he worked as counselor of the chemically dependent in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He died of cancer of the pancreas and was buried in Essexville, Michigan. (AQ 1988)     Dates   Born: April 22, 1929 Birth Place: Cloquet, MN   Professed: July 11, 1952 (23.22 years old) Ordained: May 19, 1956 (27.07 years old) Died: May 11, 1988 (59.05 years old)     Ordo Information   First Year Listed in Ordo at St. John's: 1953 Last Year Listed in Ordo at St. John's: 1979 Listed in 27 Ordos Missing Years Ordos: 0     Names   Possible names for Rev. Andre (Girard) Brissett, O.S.B.:   Rev. Andreas Brissett, Fr. Andreas Brissett, Father Andreas Brissett Rev. Andreas Brissett, Fr. Andre Brissett, Father Andre Brissett Rev. Andreas Brissett, Fr. Geraldus Brissett, Father Geraldus Brissett Rev. Andreas Brissett, Fr. Girard Brissett, Father Girard Brissett       This web site is provided solely for educational purposes. Every effort has been made to verify the information posted on this web site. However, no claim is made regarding the accuracy of the information posted herein. Sources include: Benedictine Ordo (1970-2010) Public Records; Other; Court Documents; Newspaper, Television and other Media; Victim Interviews.