Camille DesRosiers explained

Type:Father
Camille DesRosiers
Honorific-Suffix:S.M.
Ecclesiastical Superior of the Mission Sui Iuris of Funafuti
Archdiocese:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suva
Diocese:Roman Catholic Mission Sui Iuris of Funafuti
Term Start:14 July 1986
Term End:24 September 2010
Predecessor:John Rodgers
Successor:John Ikataere Rarikin
Ordination:4 June 1955
Rank:Priest
Birth Date:14 October 1928
Birth Place:Grand-Métis, Quebec, Canada
Death Place:St Augustin, Quebec, Canada
Religion:Roman Catholic

Father Camille DesRosiers, S.M. (14 October 1928 − 16 May 2016) was a Canadian-born Roman Catholic priest who served as the Ecclesiastical Superior of the Mission Sui Iuris of Funafuti from 1986 to 2010.[1]

DesRosiers was born in Grand-Métis, Quebec, Canada. In the young age, he joined an Institute of Consecrated Life of Society of Mary (Marists) and was professed on 8 September 1950 and ordained as priest on 4 June 1955.[1] After ordination in served in Samoa, American Samoa[1] and on Nukunonu in Tokelau.[2] In November 1985 he was asked to introduce Bishop John Rodgers to the people of Tuvalu as the new Ecclesiastical Superior. When Rodgers retired due to ill-health in 1986, DesRosiers was appointed to replace him.[1] He spent 25 years in Tuvalu, before retiring in 2011.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Father Camille DesRosiers R.I.P. – 25 years the only priest in Tuvalu . CathNews New Zealand . 20 May 2016 . 21 June 2022.
  2. News: NZ's Flying-Boats Still Do A Vital Job A MISSION TO THE HAPPY ATOLLS . Pacific Islands Monthly . XXXI . 1 . 71 . 1 August 1960 . 21 June 2022 . National Library of Australia.