Rev Henri Bousquet SM

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Rev

First Name:

Henri

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Bousquet

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SM

Date of Birth:

17-May-1863

Place of Birth:

Aveyron

Country of Birth:

France

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Date of Death:

08-Nov-1950

Place of Death:

Rewa

Country of Death:

Fiji

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Biographical Notes

Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, p 29:

Bousquet, Henri, SM, French, Visitor
b. 1863 in Rodez Dioc.; professed '89. Passed through Syd. '92. Worked in Fiji. d. 8.11.1950; age 87.
(Not prev. listed in Footprints.)
Ref.: Marist Missionaries to the Pacific 1837-1900 - an appendix to the 'Marist Fathers in Australia', by Fr. John Hosie SM, M.A. Thesis, Syd. 1971.

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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 239, 294:

Fr. Henri Bousquet, d. 1950
Fiji
He was born in Aveyron, France in 1863. He was professed in 1889. After ordination he taught for 3 years in France before leaving Europe with Bishop Vidal, who was returning to Fiji. His first 10 years were spent in Naiseralagi on Viti Levu. He then shifted to Vanua Levu. After a few years at Savusavu he spent 15 years at Solevu. After 10 years at Lomeri and some years as chaplain on Makogai, the leper island, he spent his last 8 years at Rewa. He died there aged 87.