Society of the Missionaries of Africa
Father Josef Buholzer, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Switzerland,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father
Jean-Pierre Chevrolet
on Sunday, 7th September 2025 in Sierre (Switzerland)
at the age of 87 years, of which 62 years of missionary life
in Belgium, Burundi, Malawi, Nigeria, Italy and Switzerland.
Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.
Download here the announcement of Father Jean-Pierre Chevrolet’s death
Milestones in the life of Father Jean-Pierre Chevrolet
Born in:
Courgenay
on 26/07/1938 | Spiritual Year | Missionary Oath | Priestly
Ordination |
|---|
Diocese:
Bâle-Basel | 02/09/1959 | 26/06/1963 | 28/06/1964 |
Citizenship:
Swiss | Franklin
(Les États-Unis d’Amérique | Eastview
(Canada) | Fribourg
(Suisse) |
Bionotes
| 17/09/1964 | Etudes Philosophie | Fribourg | Suisse |
| 01/10/1967 | Etudes | Louvain | Belgique |
| 01/06/1968 | | Fribourg | Suisse |
| 01/04/1970 | Départ pour | Masango, D. Bujumbura | Burundi |
| 01/05/1971 | Vicaire | Ijenda | Burundi |
| 01/07/1971 | Prof. Grand Séminaire | Bujumbura, Gd. Sémin. | Burundi |
| 01/10/1974 | Député au Chapitre | Roma | Italia |
| 01/06/1975 | Conseiller Régional | | Burundi |
| 01/07/1975 | Assistant Régional | | Burundi |
| 22/06/1976 | Provincial | Fribourg | Suisse |
| 01/07/1979 | Provincial: 2ème mand | | Suisse |
| 13/02/1982 | Assistant Gén. | Roma, M. G. | Italia |
| 07/05/1987 | Arrive à | Mkanda, D. Lilongwe | Malawi |
| 01/09/1987 | Lecturer | Kachebere Major Sem. | Malawi |
| 15/08/1991 | Sabbatical: St Anselm | London | Great Britain |
| 30/05/1992 | Appointed to | Ibadan, First Phase | Nigeria |
| 15/04/1994 | Premier Conseiller | | Nigeria |
| 29/09/1995 | Acting Superior | | Nigeria |
| 22/01/1996 | S. Délégué->30.06.99 | | Nigeria |
| 01/12/1999 | Parish Priest | Agbowo, D. Ibadan | Nigeria |
| 06/09/2004 | Nommé Sup.Dél.SSe | Fribourg | Suisse |
| 01/08/2008 | Publications | Fribourg | Suisse |
| 01/11/2009 | Supérieur | Veyras | Suisse |
| 01/09/2018 | Résidence | Veyras | Suisse |
| 07/09/2025 | DCD (87) | Sierre | Suisse |