Rev Benoît Chalandon SM

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Benoît

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Chalandon

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26-Apr-1856

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Loire

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France

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02-Nov-1935

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Biographical Notes

Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 2: Biographies of Priests on the Australian Scene up to 1900, 1980, pp 33-34:

Chalandon, Benoit, SM, French, Visitor, Golden Jubilarian
Benoit was born in the Lyons Diocese on 26.4.1856 and was professed as a Marist on 29.9.1877. He arrived in Melbourne on 26.12.1886 on the 'Calidonien', ex Marseilles and bound for Noumea. The field of labour for many years was New Caledonia. Probably he later returned to France. Death date is recorded as 2.11.1935. Age: 79. To his credit a golden jubilee of profession and priesthood.
(Not listed in previous Footprints)
Ref.: Father John Hosie S.M., Appendix to 'The Marist Fathers in Australia' (M.A. Thesis, Sydney, 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 233, 295:

Fr. Benoît Chalandon, d. 1935
New Caledonia
He was born in Loire, France in 1856. After formation in his own country, Switzerland and Spain, he arrived in New Caledonia in 1887, at the age of 31. His first 9 years were spent in Bonde. After a year at La Roche, on Mare, he was appointed to Tye for 6 years, where he built the church and was involved in demands for land rights for the indigenous people, which resulted in the administration asking for his transfer. He then served in Touho for 20 years, before returning to Tye for the last 12 years of his life. He died at the age of 79.