Father Patrick Bataille, Provincial Delegate of the sector of France,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father
Henri Leroy
on Friday the 8th of February 2019 at Bry-sur-Marne (France)
at the age of 91 years, of which 65 years of missionary life
in Burkina Faso and in France.
Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.
Download here the announcement of Father Henri Leroy’s death
Milestones in the life of Father Henri Leroy
Henri was born on July 15, 1927 in Hersin Coupigny, in the diocese of Arras, in the north of France. He was accepted into the novitiate of the White Fathers at Maison-Carrée in Algeria on September 29, 1948. He then continued his theological studies in Thibar, Tunisia, where he took his missionary oath on June 29, 1953. He was ordained a priest the following year, on April 18, 1954, in Carthage, near Tunis.
| 09/10/1954 | Vicaire | Reo, Diocèse Ouahigouya | Haute Volta |
| 29/04/1955 | Vicaire | Didyr | Haute Volta |
| 13/05/1955 | Vicaire | Reo | Haute Volta |
| 05/11/1956 | Vicaire | Didyr | Haute Volta |
| 01/04/1957 | Rapatrié sanitaire | Lille | France |
| 22/09/1959 | | Koudougou, Diocèse Koudougou | Haute Volta |
| 08/10/1959 | | Didyr | Haute Volta |
| 16/01/1965 | Grande Retraite | Villa Cavalletti | Italie |
| 08/05/1965 | | Pau | France |
| 01/09/1966 | | Bordeaux | France |
| 04/11/1967 | Vicaire, Fondation | Tenado | Haute Volta |
| 29/11/1976 | Vicaire | Reo | Haute Volta |
| 01/10/1977 | Vicaire | Didyr | Haute Volta |
| 01/09/1978 | Curé | Didyr | Haute Volta |
| 16/11/1979 | Vicaire | Reo | Haute Volta |
| 01/10/1982 | Recyclage>01.06.83 | Paris | France |
| 01/11/1983 | Vicaire | Tenado, Diocèse Koudougou | Burkina Faso |
| 28/09/1986 | Session-Retraite | Jérusalem | Israël / Palestine |
| 06/05/1987 | Curé | Didyr, Diocèse Koudougou | Burkina Faso |
| 01/09/1989 | Vicaire | Tenado, Diocèse Koudougou | Burkina Faso |
| 01/10/1991 | Vicaire | Koudougou, Procure | Burkina Faso |
| 01/12/1991 | Retour définitif | | France |
| 01/05/1992 | Accueil | Paris,Friant | France |
| 01/10/1994 | Ministère | Vanves | France |
| 01/07/1995 | Ministère | Mours | France |
| 17/09/1996 | Session DMA | Jérusalem | Israël |
| 15/09/1999 | Session +70 | Roma | Italia |
| 01/10/2004 | Chev. Ordre National (Bkn) | | |
| 01/02/2016 | Résidence | Bry-sur-Marne | France |
| 08/02/2019 | Retour auprès du Père | Bry-sur-Marne | France |