Gabriel Bapst, R.I.P.

Father Oskar Geisseler, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Switzerland,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father

Gabriel Bapst

on Tuesday the 5th of September 2017 at the District Hospital of Fribourg (Switzerland)
at the age of 91 years, of which 63 years of missionary life
in Uganda and Switzerland.

Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.

Milestones of Father Gabriel Bapst’s life

Gabriel was born on the 2nd of September 1926 at Chandon, in the Diocese of Lausanne, in Switzerland. He enterd the spiritual year on the 27th September 1950 at Maison-Carrée (Algeria). He then contin ued his theological studies in Thibar (Tunisia) where he took his Missionary Oath on the 27th June 1954. He was ordained a priest on the 10th April 1955 at Carthage (Tunisia).

26/05/1955AppointedMbararaUganda
14/01/1956Arrived atIbandaUganda
21/09/1956 NyakibaleUganda
01/01/1957 MbararaUganda
01/02/1958Starts the parish ofMuntemeUganda
01/01/1961SuperiorButitiUganda
01/09/1962Nommé (?)+départ Suisse
03/12/1962PropagandisteFribourgSuisse
26/06/1966TreasurerHoima,D.HoimaUganda
01/07/1973SuperiorKakindoUganda
20/02/1978SuperiorKakindoUganda
17/08/1980SuperiorKakindoUganda
30/06/1983Appointed: PE.83/7 Suisse
15/05/1984Local bursarFribourgSuisse
01/01/1985Provincial treasurerFribourgSuisse
21/08/1988Re-elected Provincial Counc. Suisse
01/10/1994Elected Provincial Councillor Suisse
14/02/1995Local bursarFribourgSuisse
01/03/1996Superior+Bursar Suisse
01/10/1996Remplaces Ass.Ec.Gén.MG RomeItalie
24/05/1997Elected Provincial Counc. Suisse
01/06/1997Superior+ProcureFribourgSuisse
18/07/1997Elected first councillor Suisse
17/05/1998Deputy to the ChapterRomeItalie
15/09/1999Session +70RomaItalie
31/05/2000Elected Provincial Councillor Suisse
01/11/2009Local BursarFribourgSuisse
01/09/2013MinistryFribourgSuisse
05/09/2017Returns to the FatherFribourgSuisse

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