1. In 1905, the Henri Pinault family settled on a farm in Evran commune in the Cotes du Nord department of Brittany.
17 Facts About Henri Pinault
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Henri Pinault had his primary school studies in Evran and his secondary schooling at the Cordeliers in Dinan.
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The Pinaults were devout Roman Catholics and Henri had an uncle who was a priest in the diocese of St Brieuc and a cousin who was a priest in the diocese of Rennes.
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In 1922, Henri Pinault was ordained as a priest, and on 29 June 1929 he received his appointment as a Priest of Paris Foreign Missions Society.
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On 15 September 1929, Father Henri Pinault embarked on his mission to Chengdu, China.
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Father Henri Pinault took the Chinese name Peng Daochuan.
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In 1934, Father Henri Pinault was appointed Superieur du Probatorium at Hebachang, where he organized a hospice in 1942.
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In 1945, Father Henri Pinault departed from Hebachang and replaced the deceased pastor at Tsong-Kin-Tcheou.
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On 14 July 1949, Henri Pinault was appointed to replace the late Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse as Bishop of Chengdu, the highest post in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chengdu in the ecclesiastical province of Chongqing; Henri Pinault received his episcopal ordination on 21 September 1949.
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Finally, Henri Pinault was expelled from China, leaving Chengdu on 29 March 1952 and arriving in Hong Kong on 14 April.
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Shortly after his arrival in France, Henri Pinault accepted an assignment as a military chaplain in the French Air Force in North Africa.
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On 29 December 1953, Henri Pinault returned to France and spent time at Voreppe before relocating to Paris, working with la Mission bretonne and the ministere episcopal de Confirmations et d'Ordinations.
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On his return from Rome, Henri Pinault retired to Evran, where he lived with his mother, who died in 1975, and served neighboring parishes.
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In June 1980, Henri Pinault celebrated Eucharist in Lisieux with Pope John Paul II during the Pope's pilgrimage.
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In 1983, Henri Pinault retired from his position as Bishop of Chengdu and became its Bishop Emeritus; the position of Bishop of Chengdu was left vacant.
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In December 1986, Henri Pinault was hospitalized at Rennes with arteritis and underwent several surgeries.
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Henri Pinault is buried next to his mother in a small cemetery in Evran.