Chambly, Quebec
In the early years of the nineteenth century, there were no priests residing in Vermont. Father Matignon, of Boston, visited Burlington in 1815 and counted about 100 Catholic Canadians. Circa 1818, Father Migneault from Chambly, Quebec, looked after the spiritual needs of the settlers on the shores of Lake Champlain for several years. Bishop Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus, the first Bishop of Boston, appointed him vicar-general of this part of the diocese. He continued in that capacity until 1853.