Father Patrick Bataille, Provincial Delegate of the sector of France,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father
Louis Vernhet
on Sunday the 3rd March 2019 at Vic en Bigorre (France)
at the age of 78 years, of which 51 years of missionary life
in DR Congo and in France.
Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.
Download here the announcement of Father Louis Vernhet’s death
Milestones in the life of Father Louis Vernhet
Louis was born on June 5, 1940 in Tripiers, in the diocese of Mende, France. He began his novitiate with the White Fathers in Gap (France) on September 11, 1965. He took his missionary oath on 26 January 1968 in Vals – Le Puy (France), and was ordained priest on 21 July 1968 in Tripiers.
| 13/09/1968 | Append langue | Kinshasa | Zaïre S.E. |
| 22/12/1968 | Vicaire,St Etienne | Kisenso,D.Kinshasa | Zaïre S.E. |
| 01/02/1974 | Curé,St Etienne | Kisenso,D.Kinshasa | Zaïre Ituri |
| 13/03/1977 | Curé | Kinshasa,Livulu | Zaïre Ituri |
| 01/01/1982 | Conseiller Régional | | Zaïre Ituri |
| 01/09/1985 | Session-Retraite | Jérusalem | Israël / Palestine |
| 15/02/1986 | Curé | Kinshasa,Livulu | Zaïre S.E. |
| 23/04/1988 | Nommé: Animation Missionnaire | Lyon | France |
| 14/06/1988 | Régional:1° mandat | Bunia,Maison Rég. | Zaïre Ituri |
| 01/07/1991 | Régional:2° mandat | | Zaïre Ituri |
| 18/05/1992 | Délégué au Chapitre | | Rome |
| 01/09/1994 | Curé | Kisenso,D.Kinshasa | Zaïre Ituri |
| 01/09/1995 | Anné Sabbatique | | France |
| 19/04/1999 | Nommé Fr.(PE.99/6) | | France |
| 13/06/1999 | Retour en Province | | France |
| 01/07/1999 | Econome Provincial | Paris, Verlomme | France |
| 06/10/1999 | Nommé Cons.Prov. | | France |
| 24/10/2002 | Nommé Conseiller | | France |
| 01/10/2004 | Elu Provincial | | France |
| 26/05/2008 | Nommé (PE 07/08) PAC | Aru | Congo |
| 01/10/2008 | Curé | Aru | Congo |
| 30/09/2013 | Parc | Mours | France |
| 01/06/2014 | Résidence | Billère | France |
| 01/07/2014 | Nommé (PE 7/14) | | France |
| 03/03/2019 | Retour auprès du Père | | France |