Rev Edward Bontemps MSC

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Edward

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Surname:

Bontemps

Order:

MSC

Date of Birth:

12-Oct-1841

Place of Birth:

Country of Birth:

France

Date of Ordination:

1867

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Date of Death:

24-Nov-1897

Place of Death:

Country of Death:

Kiribati

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Country of Burial:

Kiribati

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Biographical Notes

Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, p 28:

Bontemps, Edward, Very Rev., MSC, French
First Superior in Gilbert Islands
b. 12.10.1841; ord. 1867 as a diocesan priest; professed as an MSC in 1881; briefly at Randwick, Syd. in Dec. 1886, then going as first Superior to the Gilberts. d. there 24.11.1897; age 56.
(Not listed prev. in Footprints.)
Ref.: MSC Archives, Canberra.