Rogersville’s first settlers came because of the hard work of Mgr. Marcel François Richard who was a priest in the surrounding parishes.

In 1902, the Trappistes monks, at this time in danger in France, came in Collette and established a monastery on a land given by Mgr. Richard. They were of great help to the people living in the area. He also brought the Trappistines, which settled in the Village of Rogersville

Mgr. Richard continued his mission to colonize Rogersville right through his death in 1915. The Village of Rogersville has deep roots with Mgr. Richard, the father of the Acadian renaissance.

The Village of Rogersville was founded in 1869 because of workers who came to build the intercolonial railway between Halifax and Montreal. They built a station in the village which was known as Carleton Station.

In 1885, Mgr. Richard named the community known as Carleton Station, Rogersville. He gave this name because of Mgr. Rogers who was the bishop of the Chatham Diocese at the time. This was also the time where Rogersville developed itself in becoming a thriving village.