PETALING JAYA: Renowed French priest Antoine Henriot, who founded the Church of Holy Family in Kajang, died yesterday at the age of 92. Born in Montbeliardot, France, Henriot joined the Minor Seminary of Consolation in France in 1935 and was ordained a priest in Paris on June 29, 1947. He departed for his first mission in Kwang Si, Nanning, China, in 1948.
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In 1954, he moved to Malaysia and was posted to Seremban and subsequenty served in missions in Kuantan, Mantin, Mentakab, Kajang. In 1991, Henriot served as parish priest at the Good Shepherd Church in Setapak.