Father Patrick Bataille, Provincial Delegate of the sector of France,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father
Bernard Joinet
on Monday the 11th February 2019 at Pau-Billère (France)
at the age of 89 years, of which 64 years of missionary life
in Tanzania, Great-Britain and France.
Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.
Download here the announcement of Father Bernard Joinet’s death
Milestones in the life of Father Bernard Joinet
Bernard was born on March 3, 1929 in Nevers, in the diocese of the same name, in France. He was admitted to the novitiate of the White Fathers on September 27, 1950 at Maison Carrée, Algeria. He then continued his theological training at `s-Heerenberg in the Netherlands where he took his missionary oath on July 21, 1954. He was ordained a priest in Monteviot, Scotland, on May 26, 1955.
| 03/09/1955 | Etudes | Strasbourg | France |
| 14/10/1960 | | St Boswells | Grande Bretagne |
| 02/12/1961 | | Dorking | Grande Bretagne |
| 20/08/1962 | | Bonnelles | France |
| 25/09/1964 | Etudes | Paris,Friant | France |
| 01/12/1966 | Départ pour | | Tanzania |
| 01/01/1968 | | Lukula,D.Tabora | Tanzania |
| 01/11/1968 | Pastoral Centre | Bukumbi,D.Mwanza | Tanzania |
| 01/08/1972 | Pastoral Centre | Kipalapala | Tanzania |
| 01/01/1974 | Délégué au Chapitre | Rome | Italie |
| 28/02/1975 | Année Sabbatique | Paris,Friant | France |
| 28/10/1976 | | D.Tabora | Tanzania |
| 01/01/1979 | | Ussongo,D.Tabora | Tanzania |
| 01/01/1980 | University Chaplain | Dar-es-S.,Mindustr. | Tanzania |
| 30/04/1986 | Etudes | Mours | France |
| 15/07/1988 | Session Conseil des Supérieurs Français à l’Etranger | | |
| 23/09/1989 | Session CSFE | | |
| 01/09/1990 | Session CSFE | | |
| 01/11/1990 | University Chaplain | Dar-es-S.,Atiman H. | Tanzania |
| 12/07/1991 | Session CSFE | | |
| 06/06/1995 | Session CSFE | | |
| 01/07/1997 | Session CSFE | | |
| 18/04/1999 | Retour.Année Sab. | Vanves | France |
| 28/04/1999 | Session +60 | .Roma,Monte Cucco | |
| 01/12/1999 | | Toulouse,Vélane | France |
| 01/01/2000 | Commandeur Légion d’Honneur | | |
| 01/07/2000 | Formation Permanente | Vanves | France |
| 12/10/2000 | Nommé France | | |
| 15/05/2001 | | Lyon | France |
| 03/06/2008 | Nommé Résidence | Bry-sur-Marne | France |
| 07/03/2011 | Résidence H.C.: | Noisy-le-Grand | France |
| 01/09/2011 | Résidence | Bry-sur-Marne | France |
| 20/12/2013 | Résidence | Billère | France |
| 11/02/2019 | Retour auprès du Père | Billère | France |