Society of the Missionaries of Africa
Father Barthélémy Bazemo, Provincial of the Americas,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father
Roger Tessier
on Friday, 6th March 2026 in Sherbrooke (Canada)
at the age of 97 years, of which 70 years of missionary life
in Malawi, Kenya, and Canada.
Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.
Download here the announcement of Father Roger Tessier’s death
Milestones in the life of Father Roger Tessier
Born in:
Montréal
on 08/09/1928 | Spiritual Year | Missionary Oath | Priestly
Ordination |
|---|
Diocese:
Montréal | 11/08/1949 | 18/06/1955 | 28/01/1956 |
Citizenship:
Canadian | St-Martin
(Canada) | Eastview
(Canada) | Eastview
(Canada) |
Bionotes
| 20/08/1956 | Secrétaire Prov. | St Martin | Canada |
| 01/12/1958 | | St Martin | Canada |
| 18/08/1960 | Revue Miss. d’Afr. | Québec | Canada |
| 26/08/1963 | Informat./Document. | Montréal, L’Acadie | Canada |
| 12/01/1970 | Vicaire | Lilongwe, Sacr. Heart | Malawi |
| 01/01/1973 | Press Manager | Likuni, D. Lilongwe | Malawi |
| 01/10/1980 | AMECEA Past. Inst. | Eldoret | Kenya |
| 01/07/1984 | SECAM | Nairobi, St Charles L. | Kenya |
| 05/08/1989 | Rec. | Montréal, St-Hubert | Canada |
| 30/09/1990 | Media /ANB-BIA | Nairobi, St Charles L. | Kenya |
| 01/10/1993 | Regional Councillor | | Kenya |
| 01/09/1996 | Regional Councillor | | Kenya |
| 01/09/2012 | Media | Nairobi, Oluvimu 6 | Kenya |
| 01/09/2019 | Résidence | Sherbrooke | Canada |
| 06/03/2026 | DCD (97) | Sherbrooke | Canada |