Fr. Hugues Beaugrand, born in France in 1974, grew up in a SSPX parish in Britany. During his youth, he joined the traditional scouts in France and the youth movement close to the SSPX. He studied at the SSPX seminary before joining the Institute of the Good Shepherd a few months after its canonical erection. Ordained in 2009, he worked as an associate in parishes, personal secretary of the Superior General, professor and bursar of the IBP Seminary. He was entrusted but the Superior General to seek opportunities in the US opening the way for American candidates. He is involved in youth movement. He founded the Knights and Guides of Saint John of Brebeuf in North America, a traditional catholic way of doing scouting. He arrived in 2016 in the diocese of Monterey, CA where he is serving 2 traditional communities: Hollister and Pismo Beach, 150 miles apart.