Antonin Guillermain
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Antonin Guillermain M. Afr. | |
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| Vicar Apostolic of Northern Victoria Nyanza | |
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| Installed | 12 January 1895 |
| Term ended | 14 July 1896 |
| Predecessor | Jean-Joseph Hirth |
| Successor | Henri Streicher |
| Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Thabraca (12 January 1895 - 14 July 1896) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 23 September 1887 |
| Consecration | 28 October 1895 by Bishop Henry Hanlon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1861 Lyon, France |
| Died | 14 July 1896 (aged 35) |
Antonin Guillermain (1 January 1861 – 14 July 1896) was a Catholic missionary who was Vicar Apostolic of Northern Nyanza in what is now Uganda from January 1895 until his death in July 1896.
Antonin Guillermain was born on 1 January 1861 in Lyon, France.[1] He became a novice of the White Fathers on 3 September 1883, and was ordained as a priest on 23 September 1887.[2] His first assignment was as personal secretary to Cardinal Charles Lavigerie, the leader of the society. He was then assigned to missionary work in Central Africa.[3]
Missionary
Guillermain left Marseille on 17 July 1888 destined for Zanzibar, with Léonce Bridoux, Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika, and five other missionaries. He was to remain in Zanzibar, replacing a missionary who had been assigned to Nyanza.[4] He went on to Nyanza in September 1890, where he was assigned to the Rubaga mission, near Kampala.[3] He was briefly held prisoner during the 1892 civil war between supporters of the Anglicans and the Catholics. At the end of May 1892 he and two other missionaries founded the mission of Notre-Dame de l'Equateur at Buddu, opposite the large island of Sissé in the north of Lake Victoria. Shortly afterwards he returned to Rubaga.[3]