Joseph Darnand (bishop), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Roman Catholic bishop
Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1879
Place of Birth: Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001
Profession: Catholic priest
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Joseph Darnand (bishop)
- Msgr.
- Joseph Darnand, S.M., D.D., Vicar Apostolic of the Navigators' Archipelago, was born in Beny, Ain, France on December 31, 1879.
- He professed the evangelical counsels on December 20, 1903 for the Society of Mary (Marists).
- He was subsequently ordained to the presbyterate for the Marists on July 16, 1905.
- He was consecrated to the episcopate by Archbishop Thomas O'Shea of Wellington, New Zealand as successor to Msgr.
- Broyer and as Titular Bishop of Polemonium and Vicar Apostolic of the Navigators' Archipelago on May 16, 1920.
- In 1945 Msgr.
- Darnand observed the centennial of the arrival of the Marists in Samoa; the government of France honored his ministry and awarded him membership in the Legion of Honor.
- He retired from active ministry on November 23, 1953 and remained at Moamoa.
- He died on June 1, 1962. Book: 1934 "Aux Iles Samoa - La forêt qui s'illumine" (E.
- Vitte Lyon / Paris)
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