Bishop Jean Bertreux SM

Title:

Bishop

First Name:

Jean

Middle Names:

Baptiste

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Bertreux

Order:

SM

Date of Birth:

13-Jan-1853

Place of Birth:

Loire-Atlantique

Country of Birth:

France

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Date of Death:

04-Jan-1919

Place of Death:

Rua Sura

Country of Death:

Solomon Islands

Date of Burial:

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Country of Burial:

Solomon Islands

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Biographical Notes

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Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, p 25:

Bertreaux, Jean Baptiste, Most Rev., SM, French, Visitor
Bishop in South Solomons
b. 1853 in Nantes Diocese; professed 1879. 40 years a missionary in the Pacific, serving in Prefecture of Fiji and as Adm. in Prefecture of South Solomons. Consec. in 1912. d. at Rua Sura 4.1.1919; age 65. (Footprints, Vol. 1, No. 4.)
Ref.: Fr. John Hosie, Marist Historian, Syd.

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Fr. Michael Fitzgerald, SM and Fr. François Grossin, SM, Alive in Memory: A Biographic Necrology of Oceania Marist Province 1836-2011, 4th edition, Suva, 2011, pp 10, 293:

Bishop Jean Bertreux d. 1919
Fiji - Solomon Islands
He was born in Loire-Atlantique, France in 1853. He arrived in Fiji in 1879 aged 26. During his time there, he was parish priest of Wairiki, in charge of catechist training, and Pro-Vicar for Fiji. In 1902, he went to the Solomon Islands bringing with him a number of catechists from Fiji. In 1912, he was consecrated Bishop, becoming the first resident Bishop in the Solomons since Bishop Epalle and Collomb 60 years earlier. He died in the Solomons, at the age of 66.