THE NAME by which you prefer to be called during the GA : François DU PENHOAT
DATE of birth: 03/05/1955
DATE of permanent Oath: 24/03/1985
Unit of ORIGIN: Lyon
Unit REPRESENTING: Lyon
The GA 2025 is my 2nd General Assembly. (I participated in 2 others as an interpreter)
Current Appointment: Provincial of Lyon
Previous appointments:
Vice Provincial- Lyon
Missionary in BENIN in the diocese of N’Dali (parish priest of Pérére, Bembereke and Nikki) and Vicar General.
Spain: various tasks: formator, bursar, missionary animation and District councilor.
I have a basic agricultural training and I worked as an agricultural technician in the diocese of Lokossa for 2 years from 1976 to 1978. I joined the SMA in Spain, followed the seminar in Madrid then at the MIL in London and finally did a master’s degree in spirituality in Spain and training as a formator in France. I alternated between services in the District of Spain and the Mission in the Bariba country. I joined the Province of Lyon in 2008 and was elected to the provincial council in 2013. Elected provincial in 2016 and re-elected in 2019.
François Marie HERVE DU PENHOAT