Bernard Fagnon, R.I.P.

Father Patrick Bataille, Provincial Delegate of the sector of France,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father

Bernard Fagnon

on Tuesday 5th January 2019 at Hospital Mondor of Creteil (Paris – France))
at the age of 88 years, of which 61 years of missionary life
in Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) and in France.

Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.

Download here the announcement of Father Bernard Fagnon’s death.

Milestones in the life of Father Bernard Fagnon

Bernard was born on November 22, 1930 in Paris, France. He entered the novitiate of the White Fathers (Missionaries of Africa) on October 25, 1953 at Maison-Carrée, Algeria. He then continued his theological training at ‘s-Heerenberg (Netherlands), where he took his missionary oath on July 2, 1957, before being ordained a priest a year later on June 29, 1958 in Bonnelles, South of Paris.