 When he failed in this, he organised the take-over, on 27 February 1977, of the parish church of Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet, expelling the priest in charge.When he died at Saint-Cloud in 1984, aged 86, he was buried in the church of Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet, which has a portrait bust of him over his tomb.He was succeeded in charge the church by Father Philippe Laguérie, who later founded the Institute of the Good Shepherd.