Assignment Record – Rev. Gabriel L. Menager, s.j.

Summary of Case: Gabriel L. Menager was a Jesuit priest of the Oregon Province, ordained sometime before 1927. Much of his career seems to have been spent in remote Indian villages in Alaska and Montana, followed by more than a decade at Loyola University and Loyola High School in Los Angeles CA. He lived at the Jesuit Novitiate in Los Gatos CA from 1963 until his death in July 1966. Menager's name was included in 2011 on the Oregon Province's list of its members who have been identified as perpetrators of sexual abuse.


Died: July 28, 1966

  

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Start Stop Parish/Assignment Town/Accusations State Position Notes

1927

Oregon City archbishop was Edward Daniel Howard (1926-1966).

 1928 Jesuit Provincial Residence Portland OR Provincial Promoter of the Apostleship of Prayer  

1928

Vicariate Apostolic of Alaska bishop was Joseph Raphael John Crimont, s.j. (1904-1945).

 1930 Nativity of the B.V.M. Juneau AK

2/2

pastor

Nativity of the B.V.M. had a school with 79-70 students.
1928 1930   Chichagof, Hoonah AK   These were stations of Nativity of the B.V.M.
1928 1930 St. Ann's Hospital Juneau AK   This was a chapel of Nativity of the B.V.M.
1928 1930 Chancery Juneau AK Chancellor; Bishop's Council; Diocesan Director of Apostleship of Prayer; Secretary of Curia for Matrimonial Causes  

1930

Great Falls bishop was Edwin Vincent O'Hara (1930-1939).

 1933 St. Jude's Havre MT

3/3, 3/4

Superior of Indian Missions at Fort Belknap Agency; also in charge of Rockyboy Indian Mission

  
1930 1933   Box Elder, Burnham, Laredo, Toledo, Concord, Dunkirk, Fort Assiniboine, West Bear Paw Mountains, Big Sandy MT   These were missions of St. Jude's in Havre.

1933

Vicariate Apostolic of Alaska

 1934 St. Joseph's Nome AK  

St. Joseph's had a school with 30 students.

Menager is indexed in the 1934 Directory as at St. Joseph's, but he is not listed as there in the Alaska pages.
1933 1934 Holy Angels Nome AK   This was a mission of St. Joseph's.
1933 1934   Solomon, Cape Nome, Cape Douglas, Sinrok, Diomede AK   These were stations of Holy Angels in Nome.
1934 1935 Our Lady of Lourdes Pilgrim Springs (via Nome) AK 1/1 Our Lady of Lourdes had a boarding school for boys with 22 students and a boarding school for girls and orphanage with 32 students.
1934 1935

Agiopok, Cape, Prince of Wales, Candle, Council, Terrer, Kougarok AK   These were stations of Our Lady of Lourdes in Pilgrim Springs.

1935

Great Falls diocese		 1936 St. Jude's Havre MT 4/4

St. Jude's had a school with 295 students, and a religious vacation school with 94 students.
1935 1936 Box Elder, Big Sandy Religious Vacation School, Fort Belknap Indian Agency, Rocky Boy Indian Agency, Valley Indian Church   MT   These were missions of St. Jude's in Havre.
1936 1939 St. Paul's St. Paul's Mission MT 1/1, 1/2 St. Paul's had a school with 119-140 students.
1936 1939 St. Thomas Lodge Pole MT   This was a mission of St. Paul's in St. Paul Mission.
1936 1939   Zortman, Landusky MT   These were missions of St. Paul's in St. Paul Mission.

1939

Helena bishop was Joseph Michael Gilmore (1935-1962).

 1945 St. Ignatius Mission St. Ignatius MT 1/4 Superior  
1939 1945 Sacred Heart Arlee MT   This was a mission of St. Ignatius Mission.
1939 1945 St. John Berchman's Jocko MT   This was a mission of St. Ignatius Mission.
1939 1945 St. Leonard's Dixon MT   This was a mission of St. Ignatius Mission.

1945

Great Falls bishop was William Joseph Condon (1939-1967).

 1946 St. Paul's Indian Mission St. Paul MT 1/3 St. Paul's had a school with 155 students, and a religious vacation school with 27 students.
1945 1946 St. Thomas Lodge Pole MT  

St. Thomas' had a religious vacation school with 61 students.

This was a mission of St. Paul's Indian Mission.
1945 1946 St. Joseph's Zortman MT   This was a mission of St. Paul's Indian Mission.

1946

Los Angeles archbishop was John Joseph Cantwell (1922-1947), followed by James Francis Aloysius McIntyre (1948-1970).

 1953 Loyola University Los Angeles CA    
1953 1960 Loyola High School Los Angeles CA   Loyola High had 860-930 students, all boys.
1960 1961         Menager is indexed in the 1961 Directory as at Loyola High School in Los Angeles, but he is not listed as there in the Los Angeles pages.

1961

San Francisco archbishop was John Joseph Mitty (1935-1961), followed by Joseph Thomas McGucken (1962-1977).

 1962   San Francisco CA   Menager is indexed in the 1962 Directory as at Golden Gate and Parker in San Francisco. This address was in the Jesuits' University of San Francisco neighborhood.

1962

Los Angeles archdiocese

 1963         Menager is indexed in the 1963 Directory as at Loyola High School in Los Angeles, but he is not listed as there in the Los Angeles pages.

1963

San Francisco archdiocese

 1966 Sacred Heart Novitiate Los Gatos CA   Menager died July 28, 1966.

 

Sources: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1928-1967)

• Non-Monetary Commitments, The Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus website, accessed Dec. 7, 2012

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This assignment record was last updated on December 4, 2014.