In the village of Châtillon Coligny, the priest Maximin celebrates his last mass and is preparing to welcome his successor Father Daniel. The young priest is passionate from the origin of a mysterious painting.
A young woman married for a month comes to report the disappearance of her husband to the police. The brigadier asks Father Daniel to help him in his investigation.
When marrying Mireille in church, Gilbert flees with his friend Sonia in a convertible car. The shocked priest goes looking for him and promises to bring him back.
A funny old bachelor Theo, has just won the lottery jackpot. He goes to Paris to collect his prize, on his return the village welcomes the new Rockefeller.
Hubert a young Aristochrates picks up on his release from prison a man to whom he offers a post of guard in his large country house. But Hubert is far from being honest.
After having deserted the church for five years, the twins Jules and Joseph attend mass. During the ceremony, Joseph twists his ankle. Two days later, the shock priest visits the injured man, but his brother Jules is mysterious.
In order to finalize a financial contract, Philippe Tournier, a wealthy industrialist, needs the signature of his somewhat cantankerous wife Nicole. Once the documents are signed, the husband decides to get rid of his wife.
A criminal hand poisons the cats in the village. Father Daniel lists the places where the felines are found, and manages to determine the poisoner's neighborhood.
You will go to Montbouy on the last Sunday in June, to the house of a white bird where there are black goats, you will ask the hen who is closest to the rooster to give you her red egg.
Gino, the Italian lumberjack from the village has locked himself in his cabin and refuses to answer. The brigadier asks Father Daniel to come and reason with him.
It is rumored in the village that "bizarre stories" take place in the boarding house run by Madame Rosa. Following the death of a resident, the medical examiner declares that the latter died of a cardiac arrest caused by a great fright.
At the thought of seeing Father Daniel in overalls serving gasoline, everyone comes to refuel. The gendarmes, the mayor, a pretty woman in a convertible and thugs in a DS.
A wealthy confectioner confided to Father Daniel that he had won, with two of his friends, the sum of 60 million and placed it in the safe, with three locks, of a bank in Geneva. But one of the three keys cannot be found.
After a fight, in the middle of the church, with her owner, Patricia Pougue has her nerves upside down. In order to relax, she goes to the cafe and discovers a surprising cocktail.
Hans, a Dutch sailor, is ordered to ferry from Amsterdam to a French lock, a rare pearl of colossal value. Informed of the traffic, Commissioner Grégoire of the Customs brigade calls on the detective in a cassock.
After having traveled around the world five times, an extravagant baroness returns for her old days to her chateau in Châtillon. She instructs Father Daniel to reunite his three heirs as quickly as possible.
Exasperated by her husband's run-of-the-mill behavior, the pharmacist from Châtillon asks Father Daniel to stop by for a coffee. While the couple and the priest are reunited, the young mistress arrives in the apartment.
Châtillon opens its theater festival with the play L'Écuyer by Jeanne d'Arc. But one individual is determined to sabotage the spectacle. He goes so far as to attack the rider.
On vacation in Châtillon, a gangster films the village market, and the money that comes and goes to the town's small bank. Back home, he offers his friend Ludo, a little thug, a trick to get the money.
As he returns home late, a young couple discovers a wolf trap in the entrance of their house. The woman tells Father Daniel that this incident has not been the only one for some time.
A shy retired professor must inherit from his uncle. He receives two identical letters in which it is written: Do not go to the notary or you will regret it.
The Bishop of Orleans returns to Abbé Daniel a 13th century painting of inestimable value to the parish of Châtillon. The prelate asks the shocked priest to be on his guard because it has already been nearly stolen three times.
