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Person
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Bonny, Rev. Francois Eugene
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Description area
Dates of existence
ca. 1875-1930
History
Rev. Francois Eugene Bonny was born in New York City in 1875 (exact date is unknown). He entered the Order of the White Fathers in Africa and was ordained to the Priesthood on June 29, 1904 in Carthage, Africa. After his ordination he ministered for three years in the Lake Victoria area where he contracted Malaria and Black Fevour. In 1907 he came to Canada for "health reasons" and served at Moose Lake and Bonnyville (now in the Diocese of St. Paul). In 1913 he was transferred to the Diocese of Regina were he served until 1926. No additional information is known about his life.