Joseph-Roger de Benoist, R.I.P.

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

Joseph-Roger de Benoist

on Wednesday the 15th of February 2017 at Bry-sur-Marne (France)
at the age of 93, of which 67 years of missionary life
in Senegal, Mali, Benin, Burkina Faso, Rome and France.

Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.

Milestones of Father Joseph-Roger de Benoist’s life.

Father Roger de Benoist was born at Meudon, in the Diocese of Nanterre in France, on the 2nd of August 1923. He began his spiritual year with the Missionaries of Africa on the 27th of September 1942 at Maison-Carrée, took his Missionary Oath on the 29th of June 1949 at Thibar and was ordained to the Priesthood on the 1st of February 1950 at Carthage. 

01/09/1950
Etudes: JournalismeLilleFrance
01/09/1951
Etudes: Sc.SocialesParisFrance
15/05/1952
“Afrique Nouvelle”DakarSénégal
01/01/1960
Congé/Prov.>France 
01/05/1960
Stage LangueFalajeMali
22/10/1960
VicaireKolongotomo,D.SegouMali
10/01/1962
Action CatholiqueBamakoMali
28/10/1963
Vivante AfriqueParis,VerlommeFrance
01/04/1965
Ordre National Dahomey
31/03/1967
Peuples du MondeParis,FriantFrance
10/10/1968
Départ pourCotonouDahomey
18/09/1971
Grande RetraiteVilla CavallettiRome
01/08/1972
AumônierTounouma,D.Bobo-D.Haute Volta
01/05/1973
Etudes:HistoireRomaItalie
01/07/1974
Etudes:HistoireParis,FriantFrance
01/10/1976
Prof.+Recherc. H.C.:DakarSénégal
01/07/1978
Doctorat Hist.Afric.ParisFrance
01/05/1985
Doct.d’Etat ès Lett.DakarSénégal
01/05/1988
Chev.Légion Honneur  
30/05/1988
Congé/Prov.>07.07.88France 
11/10/1988
Séjour/Prov.29.10.88France 
01/06/1989
3 semaines/Prov.  
01/03/1993
Off.Ordr.Nat.du LionDakarSénégal
01/09/1993
Congé/Prov.>France 
01/01/1994
Action CatholiqueD.DakarSénégal
03/10/1996
Retour au Sénégal Sénégal
01/04/1997
Offic.Légion d’Honn.  
10/06/1997
Congé/Prov.>08.08.97France 
12/06/2005
Congé/Prov.France 
27/08/2006
Congé/Prov.>26.09.06France 
11/11/2006
Nommé (PE 10/06) France
20/12/2006
RésidenceParis,FriantFrance
06/10/2007
RésidenceBry-sur-MarneFrance
15/02/2017
Retour au SeigneurBry-sur-MarneFrance

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