Assumption County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Branche, Reverend Canon B. March 12, 1918
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source: The Donaldsonville Chief. (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871 - current, March 16, 1918, Image 2

BELOVED PRIEST PASSES AWAY.

Paincourtville Catholics Mourn Death of Spiritual Leader.

Very Reverend Canon B. Branche, rector of St. Elizabeth's Catholic church at 
Paincourtville, died in New Orleans at 12:30 o'clock p. m. Tuesday, and his 
remains were brought to Donaldsonville the following morning on T. & P. 
train No. 27 arriving at 10:29 o'clock, and from here were conveyed to 
Paincourtville in the motor hearse of the Wilbert Undertaking Company of 
Plaquemine. A large number of Father Branche's parishioners had assembled at 
the local depot to escort the remains of the beloved prelate to 
Paincourtville, it being reported that there were fifty-two automobiles in 
the funeral cortege as it departed from this city.

Father Branche was born at Ambierle, France, in 1850, and at the age of 
nineteen years came to this country, where he completed his education. He 
was ordained a priest in New Orleans in 1870, and in the period of nearly 
half a century that ensued before his death he occupied a number of 
important posts and attained a high position in the councils of the church 
in this state. Nineteen years ago he was sent to Paincourtville as rector of 
St. Elizabeth's Church, and not long afterward was named a canon of the St. 
Louis Cathedral, New Orleans. He was looked upon in his community not only 
as the head of the church, but as a real father of his people. It was 
through his efforts that St. Elizabeth's Church, which had been started 
before his coming, was completed. Only last year Father Branche had the 
edifice entirely repainted and beautifully decorated.

It was from this church that the funeral was held Thursday forenoon at 10:30 
o'clock. A solemn high mass was sung, after which the body of the lamented 
priest was interred in the nearby cemetery. Prominent priests and churchmen 
from all over this section of the state attended the obsequies.


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