Father Patrick Bataille, Provincial Delegate of the sector of France,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father
Jean-Pierre Sibien
on Saturday the 25th March 2017 at Bry-sur-Marne (France)
at the age of 89 years, of which 60 years of missionary life
in Brurundi, in Zaïre (DRC) and in France.
Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.
Milestones of Father Jean-Pierre Sibien’s life
Jean-Pierre Sibien was born on the 29th August 1927 at Paris XVII, in the Diocese of Paris. He began his Spiritual formation on the 26th September 1952 at Maison-Carrée (Algeria), took his Missionary Oath on the 26th June 1956 in Thibar (Tunisia) and was ordained to the priesthood in Carthage (Tunisia).
| 27/08/1957 | Kasenyi (Burundi – Ngozi) |
| 04/08/1958 | Gitaramuka (BU) |
| 18/04/1959 | Kasenyi (BU) |
| 16/08/1959 | Junior Seminary Mureke (BU) |
| 06/01/1963 | Muhanga then Busiga (BU) |
| 10/05/1966 | Karusi (BU) |
| 18/01/1969 | Long Retreat (Villa Cavaletti – IT) |
| 19/09/1969 | Ass. Parish Priest at Giteranyi (BU – Muyinga) |
| 17/05/1970 | Ass. Parish Priest at Murehe (BU – Ngozi) |
| 01/01/1974 | Ass. Parish Priest and Teacher at Giheta (BU – Gitega) |
| 27/09/1981 | Session-retreat in Jerusalem (Israël – Palestine) |
| 01/12/1981 | Chancellor at Gitega (BU) |
| 12/04/1985 | Expelled from Burundi |
| 01/01/1986 | Local bursar at the Regional House in Bunia (Zaïre DRC) |
| 06/01/1989 | Ass. Parish Priest at Ijene (BU – Ngozi) |
| 01/05/1990 | Chaplain at Namurenza (BU – Ngozi) |
| 29/07/1991 | Chaplain at Mon. Rweza (BU – Ngozi) |
| 01/09/1997 | Sabbatical year with Focolari at Loppiano (Italie) |
| 10/11/1997 | Appointed to Tassy (France) |
| 01/12/1998 | Chaplain of Carmel at Aix-en-Provence (FR) |
| 01/12/2000 | Ministry in Toulouse (FR) |
| 01/09/2005 | Residence at Bry-sur-Marne (FR) |
| 25/03/2017 | Return to the Lord while at Bry-sur-Marne (FR) |