14 Facts About Augustin Hacquard

Augustin Prosper Hacquard was a French missionary who became Apostolic Vicar of Sahara and Sudan in 1898.

Augustin Prosper Hacquard was born on 18 September 1860 in Albestroff, Moselle, France.

Augustin Hacquard attended primary school, then in 1873 entered the minor seminary of Pont-a-Mousson, and in 1877 went on to the major seminary of Nancy.

In September 1881 Hacquard was appointed a teacher at the College de Carthage and taught there for two years before resuming his theological studies in 1883.

Augustin Hacquard was ordained a priest of the White Fathers on 8 September 1884.

Augustin Hacquard remained in charge of the mission in Ouargla until 21 July 1893, when he was sent to Maison Carree.

Augustin Hacquard left Toulouse in January 1894 with a companion named Moulai and followed the trail of the Attanoux mission which he rejoined at Ain-Taieba.

The mission returned to Algiers on 17 April 1894, and later that month Augustin Hacquard participated in a General Chapter of the White Fathers at Maison-Carree.

Augustin Hacquard left Marseille on 25 October 1897 with eight nuns, two priests and two monks, and reached Segou on 1 January 1898.

On 19 January 1898 Augustin Hacquard was appointed Titular Bishop of Rusicade and Apostolic Vicar of Sahara and Sudan.

Augustin Hacquard returned to France, arrived in Marseille on 17 July 1898 and received his episcopal consecration on 28 August 1898 in the chapel of the Dames de Sion, in Paris.

Augustin Hacquard left Marseille for the last time on 25 October 1898 with three new priests, two brothers and three sisters, and reached Segou on 10 January 1899.

Augustin Hacquard made another trip to the Mossi country from December 1899 to March 1900.

Augustin Hacquard died in an accident on 4 April 1901 while bathing in the Niger at Segou.