 He was made a chief by Alake Ademola and given the title Baasegun of Egba and later also named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by the British Government.In 1935, a new locomotive was named “the Jean-Marie Coquard” by the Nigerian government so no one would forget the priest-doctor.A Memorial School was planned, but with the decease of its chief proponent, Bishop O’Rourke, the school was named St. Peter's instead.