Fr. Maxime E. Sarrault was a native of Cohoes, NY. He attended the Grand Seminaire in Montreal, QC. He was ordained as a priest in 1919. He served for many years as pastor at Sacred Heart, Schenectady's French Roman Catholic Church. That church opened in 1926 but closed in 2005 as part of canonical suppression by the Diocese of Albany. Fr. Sarrault passed away in 1968.