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Rev. Anthony Michael Blanch was born on June 20, 1927 in Ontario to William Blanch and Bernadette Armstrong. He attended St. Joseph Seminary in Edmonton between 1947 and 1953 and was ordained on June 7, 1953 at St. Peter's Cathedral in Muenster by Bishop Francis Klein of Saskatoon for ministry in the Archdiocese of Edmonton.
During his ministry he served at Sacred Heart Parish (1953), Onaway (1953-1967), Thorsby (1967-1970), Stettler (1970-1978), Lacombe (1986), Ponoka (1991-2007).
Between 1978 and 1978 He attended Notre Damn University in Indian and then in 1981 he moved to Toronto to work with the Scarboro Foreign Mission eventually serving in the West Indies for four years before returning to the Archdiocese of Edmonton in 1986.
Father Blanch retired in 2007 and died in Oct. of 2011.