Alexandre Poncet

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Alexandre Poncet (born in 1884 in Saint-Chamond, Loire) was a French clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wallis et Futuna. He was appointed bishop in 1935. He died in 1973. [1]

After ordination as a priest Poncet served as a chaplain to the French community in London for 15 years, then as a seminary professor in Devon. [2] He was appointed as a priest on Uvea in 1925 for three years, then served on Tongatapu and Niuafoʻou before being made Bishop of Wallis and Futuna in 1935. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Diocese of Wallis et Futuna". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  2. 1 2 John Garrett (1997). Where Nets Were Cast: Christianity in Oceania Since World War II. Suva: University of the South Pacific. p. 108.


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