Crough, Rev. Emmett

Father Emmett Crough was born in Calgary on December 23, 1927. He did his Theological Studies at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Edmonton, 1952-1956, and was ordained by Archbishop Anthony Jordan, o. m. i., Coadjutor for Edmonton, on June 8, 1956. He died at his home in Norman Wells, NWT, on January 25, 2006.

He served as full time Assistant Chancellor, 1956-1958; assistant at St. Agnes Parish, Edmonton and Director of City Cemeteries, 1958-1962; bursar at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Edmonton, 1962-1964; Director of Catholic Information Centre, Edmonton, July-December 1964; Assistant at St. Michael’s Parish, Edmonton, and Assistant Chancellor, 1964-1965; Pastor at Villeneuve and administrator at Riviere Qui Barre, 1965-1966; Administrator at St. Michael-Resurrection Parish, Edmonton, 1966-1968; Pastor at St. Michael-Resurrection, Edmonton, 1968-1971; Pastor at St. Matthew’s Parish, Edmonton, 1971-1973; on leave of study at St. Paul’s University, Ottawa, 1973-1975; Pastor at Mundare and Skaro, 1975-1980; Pastor at Sacred Heart Parish, Edmonton, and Director of Catholic Information Centre, 1980-1986; Pastor of Holy Family Parish, St. Albert, 1986-1988; leave of study on Pastoral Care in Edmonton, 1988-1989; Pastor of St. Anthony’s Parish, Edmonton, and assuming chaplaincy to the University Hospital, 1989-1999; Pastor of St. Anthony’s and St. Agnes Parishes, 1999-2000; full time Chaplain with responsibilities at University of Alberta hospital and the Grey Nuns Hospital, August 2000-August 2001. In 2001, he agreed to assist in pastoral ministry in the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan, being appointed to Manning in 2001, Slave Lake in 2002 and Norman Wells in 2003.