Rev. Walter Comier was born on November 1, 1865 in Quebec to Olivier Comier and Eulalie Manseau. He entered the Oblates of Mary Immaculate at Lachine and made his profession of faith on September 8, 1890 in Ottawa. He attended the Major Seminary in Nicolet where he received his theological training and was ordained by Archbishop Thomas Duhamel in Ottawa on May 23, 1891.
From 1891-1896 Rev. Comire worked at the Dunbow Indian School, Pincher Crrek, Fort MacLod, Calgary and other associated missions. In 1896 he was tranfererd to Onion Lake where he served until 1900. served at St. Alphones parish (1941-1943), Good Fish Lake (1901-1926), Winterburn (now Enoch) and Hinton (1929-1935), and Wabamum, Rivier-Qui-Barre, Grandin, Beaver Lake, St. Alfred and Ashmount (1929-1939).