Jacques Hamel
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 8 years ago |
Date of birth | November 30,1930 |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Born | Darnetal |
France | |
Date of died | July 26,2016 |
Died | Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray |
France | |
Title as Saint | Servant of God |
Ordination | June 30, 1958 |
Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen |
Siblings | Roselyne Hamel |
Job | Priest |
Church | Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray |
Archdioces | Archdiocese of Rouen |
Nationality | French |
Buri | Basilica of Notre-Dame de Bonsecours; 49°25′18″N 1°07′23″E / 49.4215304°N 1.1229655°E |
Ordin | Joseph-Marie Martin |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1306107 |
Jacques Hamel Life story
Jacques Hamel was a French Catholic priest who served in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray. On 26 July 2016, Hamel was murdered during the 2016 Normandy church attack by two Muslim men pledging allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant while Hamel celebrated Mass in his church.