Father Gilles Barrette, Provincial of the Americas,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father
Yvon St-Jean
on Sunday the 15th October 2017 at the Hôtel-Dieu Hospital in Sherbrooke
at the age of 89 years, of which 64 years of missionary life
in Burkina Faso and Canada.
Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.
Jalons de vie du Père Yvon St-Jean
Yvon was born on the 3rd May 1928 at Montreal, which is the siege of the local Diocese, in Canada. He began his Spiritual Year on the 11th August 1949 at St-Martin (Québec), and then left for Tunisia where he studied theology in Thibar. There, he took his Missionary Oath on the 29th June 1953 before being ordained in Carthage on the 18th April 1954.
| 28/10/1954 | Vicaire | Zaba,V.Nouna | Haute Volta (Burkina Faso) |
| 01/01/1963 | Supérieur | Zaba | Haute Volta (Burkina Faso) |
| 07/01/1964 | | Nouna,Paroisse | Haute Volta (Burkina Faso) |
| 01/01/1966 | | Québec | Canada |
| 20/09/1969 | Grande Retraite | Villa Cavalletti | Italie |
| 02/12/1969 | Vicaire | Nouna,Paroisse | Haute Volta (Burkina Faso) |
| 01/09/1970 | Supérieur | Zaba | Haute Volta (Burkina Faso) |
| 01/06/1973 | Supérieur | Nouna,Marka | Haute Volta (Burkina Faso) |
| 01/10/1976 | Vicaire | Solenso | Haute Volta (Burkina Faso) |
| 01/01/1980 | Conseiller Régional | | Haute Volta (Burkina Faso) |
| 27/09/1981 | Session-Retraite | Jérusalem | Israël / Palestine |
| 01/12/1981 | Supérieur | Solenso | Haute Volta (Burkina Faso) |
| 01/07/1982 | Régional | Bobo-D.,Maison Rég. | Burkina Faso |
| 01/07/1985 | Régional 2° Mandat | Bobo-D.,Maison Rég. | Burkina Faso |
| 04/01/1989 | Vicaire | Zaba,D.Nouna | Burkina Faso |
| 01/10/1989 | Curé | Zaba,D.Nouna | Burkina Faso |
| 10/09/1990 | Vicaire | Bomborokuy,D.Nouna | Burkina Faso |
| 15/12/1991 | Vicaire | Solenso,D.Nouna | Burkina Faso |
| 01/09/1992 | Vicaire | Bomborokuy,D.Nouna | Burkina Faso |
| 25/09/1993 | Assistant Supérieur | Montréal,L’Acadie | Canada |
| 01/07/1994 | Supérieur-Adjoint | Montréal,L’Acadie | Canada |
| 01/07/1994 | Nommé Can.(P.E.94/8) | | Canada |
| 01/01/1995 | Animation Miss. | Montréal,St-Hubert | Canada |
| 15/08/1995 | Supérieur-Adjoint | Montréal,St-Hubert | Canada |
| 01/07/1996 | Elu Cons.Prov.>07/97 | | Canada |
| 01/01/1997 | Procureur Adjoint | | Canada |
| 02/11/1998 | Procureur->31.12.00 | Montréal,St-Hubert | ANA/Canada |
| 01/11/2003 | Résidence | | ANA/Canada |
| 01/05/2009 | Nommé Résidence | Sherbrooke | ANA/Canada |
| 15/10/2017 | Retour au Père | Sherbrooke | ANA/Canada |