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Rev Jacques Hamel

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Rev Jacques Hamel

Birth
Darnetal, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Death
26 Jul 2016 (aged 85)
Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Burial
Bonsecours, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France Add to Map
Plot
Carré des Prêtres
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Auxiliary priest of the parish of Seine-Maritime. Ordained in 1958, he celebrated his golden jubilee (fifty years of service) in 2008.

Father Jacques Hamel was killed by Islamists in a Church in Normandy,France. Please pray for him. Lord deliver us from Evil.

Mourners gathered in the Normandy town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray to pay tribute to Father Jacques Hamel.Hundreds of people attended the memorial ceremony in the town's municipal stadium.
Civil and religious officials, among them the town mayor, Hubert Wulfranc, and the archbishop of Rouen, Dominique Lebrun, paid their respects to the elderly priest and called for unity between communities.


Mourners gathered in the Normandy town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray on Thursday to pay tribute to Father Jacques Hamel.

Hundreds of people attended the memorial ceremony in the town's municipal stadium.

Civil and religious officials, among them the town mayor, Hubert Wulfranc, and the archbishop of Rouen, Dominique Lebrun, paid their respects to the elderly priest and called for unity between communities.



The ceremony began with Mozart's Requiem and ended to the sound of the Marseillaise, France's national anthem, after a minute of silence.

Hamel's funeral will be held in the Gothic cathedral of nearby Rouen.


Auxiliary priest of the parish of Seine-Maritime. Ordained in 1958, he celebrated his golden jubilee (fifty years of service) in 2008.

Father Jacques Hamel was killed by Islamists in a Church in Normandy,France. Please pray for him. Lord deliver us from Evil.

Mourners gathered in the Normandy town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray to pay tribute to Father Jacques Hamel.Hundreds of people attended the memorial ceremony in the town's municipal stadium.
Civil and religious officials, among them the town mayor, Hubert Wulfranc, and the archbishop of Rouen, Dominique Lebrun, paid their respects to the elderly priest and called for unity between communities.


Mourners gathered in the Normandy town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray on Thursday to pay tribute to Father Jacques Hamel.

Hundreds of people attended the memorial ceremony in the town's municipal stadium.

Civil and religious officials, among them the town mayor, Hubert Wulfranc, and the archbishop of Rouen, Dominique Lebrun, paid their respects to the elderly priest and called for unity between communities.



The ceremony began with Mozart's Requiem and ended to the sound of the Marseillaise, France's national anthem, after a minute of silence.

Hamel's funeral will be held in the Gothic cathedral of nearby Rouen.



Inscription

Abbé Jacques HAMEL
1930 - 2016


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  • Maintained by: Incog
  • Originally Created by: Udo
  • Added: Jul 26, 2016
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167424972/jacques-hamel: accessed ), memorial page for Rev Jacques Hamel (30 Nov 1930–26 Jul 2016), Find a Grave Memorial ID 167424972, citing Cimetière de Bonsecours, Bonsecours, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; Maintained by Incog (contributor 50974938).