Yvon St-Jean, R.I.P.

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.

28/10/1954VicaireZaba,V.NounaHaute Volta (Burkina Faso)
01/01/1963SupérieurZabaHaute Volta (Burkina Faso)
07/01/1964 Nouna,ParoisseHaute Volta (Burkina Faso)
01/01/1966 QuébecCanada
20/09/1969Grande RetraiteVilla CavallettiItalie
02/12/1969VicaireNouna,ParoisseHaute Volta (Burkina Faso)
01/09/1970SupérieurZabaHaute Volta (Burkina Faso)
01/06/1973SupérieurNouna,MarkaHaute Volta (Burkina Faso)
01/10/1976VicaireSolensoHaute Volta (Burkina Faso)
01/01/1980Conseiller Régional Haute Volta (Burkina Faso)
27/09/1981Session-RetraiteJérusalemIsraël / Palestine
01/12/1981SupérieurSolensoHaute Volta (Burkina Faso)
01/07/1982RégionalBobo-D.,Maison Rég.Burkina Faso
01/07/1985Régional 2° MandatBobo-D.,Maison Rég.Burkina Faso
04/01/1989VicaireZaba,D.NounaBurkina Faso
01/10/1989CuréZaba,D.NounaBurkina Faso
10/09/1990VicaireBomborokuy,D.NounaBurkina Faso
15/12/1991VicaireSolenso,D.NounaBurkina Faso
01/09/1992VicaireBomborokuy,D.NounaBurkina Faso
25/09/1993Assistant SupérieurMontréal,L’AcadieCanada
01/07/1994Supérieur-AdjointMontréal,L’AcadieCanada
01/07/1994Nommé Can.(P.E.94/8) Canada
01/01/1995Animation Miss.Montréal,St-HubertCanada
15/08/1995Supérieur-AdjointMontréal,St-HubertCanada
01/07/1996Elu Cons.Prov.>07/97 Canada
01/01/1997Procureur Adjoint Canada
02/11/1998Procureur->31.12.00Montréal,St-HubertANA/Canada
01/11/2003Résidence ANA/Canada
01/05/2009Nommé RésidenceSherbrookeANA/Canada
15/10/2017Retour au PèreSherbrookeANA/Canada

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