Father Lagger Germain, SDB, RIP

By VIE SC

       VIE, 2 September 2021 -- With heartfelt gratitude to one of the great Salesian missionaries in Vietnam before the year 1975, the Salesian Province of Vietnam announces: Father Lagger Germain, SDB (Vietnamese name: Bui Nhu Lac) rested in the Lord at 5:00 a.m. on 28 August 2021 (Cameroon time) in Cameroon, aged 86 years old.

       The VIE Province and the Salesian Family in Vietnam are always grateful to the Salesian missionaries who brought Don Bosco’s charism to Vietnam and sowed it in our homeland where it has been growing, spreading and bearing much sweet fruit. May God, through the intercession of Mother Mary and Don Bosco, bring him to His eternal life of love and happiness with Him.

Brief Biography of Father LAGGER GERMAIN, SDB (Bui Nhu Lac)

• 05 June 1935: Born in Munster, Valais, Switzerland

• 1945 - 1954: Aspirantage in Sion, Switzerland

• 1954 – 1956: Postulancy in Heyrieux, France

• 1956 – 1957: Novitiate in Navarre, France

• 24 May 1957: First profession as Salesian in Navarre, France

• October 1957: Departure for a missionary trip from Italy to Hong Kong

• 1957 – 1959: Phylosophy in Cheung Chau, Hong Kong

• 1959 – 1962: Practical training in Thu Duc, Vietnam

• 1962 – 1966: Theology in Lyon, France

• 06 October 1963: Perpetual profession in Lyon, France

• 22 June 1966: priestly ordination at Natal Munster village, Switzerland

• 1966 – 1968: specialized formation on liturgy in Rome, Italy

• 1968 – 1971: Don Bosco Tram Hanh, Vietnam

• 1971 – 1975: Don Bosco Da Lat, Vietnam

• September 1975: forced to leave Vietnam

• 1975 – 1976: Secretary to General Councilor of Northern Europe Region

• 1976 – 1984: Sion, Switzerland

• 1984 – 1993: Missionary services in Oyem, Gabon Republic (Central Africa)

• 1993 – 1999: Missionary services in Pointe-Noire, Congo Republic (Central Africa)

• 1998 – 2004: Vice-Provincial of the Province of Africa Tropicale Equatoriale (ATE)

• 1999 – 2004: Rector of the provincial house in Yaounde, Cameroon

• 2004 – 2012: Charles Lwanga, Congo

• 2021 – 2021: Ebolowwa, Cameroon

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