{"id":3677,"date":"2019-06-19T09:32:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T09:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bkpdefunts.smainternational.info\/?p=3677"},"modified":"2019-06-19T09:32:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T09:32:28","slug":"marcel-ranchin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defunts.smainternational.site\/?p=3677","title":{"rendered":"Le P\u00e8re Marcel RANCHIN"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ranchin<\/p>\n

Société des Missions Africaines – Province de Lyon
Le<\/b> <\/span>père<\/b> <\/span>Marcel<\/b> <\/span>Marie<\/b> <\/span>Jules<\/b> <\/span>Robert<\/b> <\/span>RANCHIN (1926-2014)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Né<\/b> <\/span>le<\/b> <\/span>12<\/b> <\/span>février<\/b> <\/span>1926<\/span><\/b> <\/span>à<\/b><\/span> <\/span>Annonay<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

– <\/span>diocèse<\/b> <\/span>de<\/b> <\/span>Viviers<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Membre<\/span><\/b> <\/span>de<\/b> <\/span>la<\/b> <\/span>SMA<\/b> <\/span>le<\/b> <\/span>24<\/b> <\/span>avril<\/b> <\/span>1949<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Ordonné<\/span><\/b> <\/span>prêtre<\/b> <\/span>le<\/b> <\/span>11<\/b> <\/span>février<\/b> <\/span>1952<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Bocanda<\/span> <\/span>(Yamoussoukro),<\/span> <\/span>vicaire Tiébissou<\/span> <\/span>(Yamoussoukro), <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

curé Bocanda<\/span> <\/span>(Yamoussoukro), <\/span>curé Lyon<\/span> <\/span>15<\/span>0<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>recyclage<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Bouaké,<\/span> <\/span>intérim<\/span> <\/span>direction <\/span>enseignement<\/span><\/p>\n

Béoumi<\/span> <\/span>(Bouaké),<\/span> <\/span>curé<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

La <\/span>Croix- <\/span>Valmer<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>supérieur<\/span><\/p>\n

Chamalières<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>supérieur<\/span><\/p>\n

Bouaké<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>paroisse<\/span> <\/span>St <\/span>Paul <\/span>et <\/span>Ste <\/span>Marie<\/span><\/p>\n

Lyon <\/span>150,<\/span> <\/span>économe<\/span><\/p>\n

Odienné<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>économe<\/span> <\/span>diocésain Pommier<\/span>s<\/span>,<\/span><\/span> <\/span>aumônier<\/span> <\/span>des <\/span>soeurs<\/span> <\/span>NDA Lyon<\/span> <\/span>150,<\/span> <\/span>accueil<\/span><\/p>\n

Montferrie<\/span>r<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>maison <\/span>de<\/span> <\/span>retraite<\/span><\/p>\n

Décédé <\/span>le<\/span> <\/span>16<\/span> <\/span>juin<\/span> <\/span>2014<\/span> <\/span>à<\/span> <\/span>Montferrier-sur-Lez<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

à<\/span> <\/span>l’âge<\/span> <\/span>de <\/span>88 <\/span>ans<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Il <\/span>naît <\/span><\/span>à <\/span><\/span>Annonay <\/span><\/span>le <\/span>12 <\/span>février 1926 dans une <\/span>famille <\/span>où <\/span>la <\/span>SMA n’est pas <\/span>inconnue: <\/span>l’un <\/span>des frères de <\/span>son <\/span>grand père<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>le <\/span>père <\/span>Edouard <\/span>Ranchin<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>missionnaire <\/span><\/span>en <\/span>Egypte et <\/span>en <\/span>Côte <\/span>d’Ivoire, a été pendant <\/span>9 ans vicaire général de la Société<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>et son papa<\/span><\/span>, <\/span>chef de gare à Labégude (Ardèche)<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>a <\/span>été <\/span>élève <\/span>à <\/span><\/span>Pont-Rousseau <\/span><\/span>jusqu’en <\/span><\/span>classe de <\/span>seconde <\/span><\/span>; <\/span><\/span>il <\/span>fut <\/span>très <\/span>heureux <\/span>de <\/span>voir que l’un de <\/span>ses fils se <\/span>destinait <\/span>à <\/span>être missionnaire. <\/span>Marcel était l’aîné de <\/span>cinq enfants <\/span><\/span>: <\/span><\/span>trois <\/span>garçons <\/span><\/span>et <\/span>deux <\/span>filles <\/span>qui <\/span>sont <\/span>toutes <\/span>les <\/span>deux <\/span>décédées <\/span>très <\/span>jeunes.<\/span><\/p>\n

En <\/span>1942<\/span><\/span>, <\/span>il <\/span>est <\/span>en <\/span>seconde <\/span>au <\/span>petit séminaire <\/span>d’Aubenas<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>et <\/span>le <\/span>père <\/span>Antonin <\/span>Gautier<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>recruteur <\/span>à <\/span>Chamalières<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>vient y <\/span>faire une <\/span>conférence sur <\/span><\/span>les <\/span><\/span>missions<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span>Depuis <\/span>longtemps<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/span><\/i>écrit-il au provincial<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>je <\/span>désirais <\/span>devenir <\/span>missionnaire<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/span><\/i>mais <\/span>je <\/span>ne <\/span>savais <\/span>pas <\/span>dans <\/span>quel <\/span>ordre <\/span>entrer<\/span><\/span><\/i>. <\/span><\/span><\/i>J’ai <\/span><\/i>un oncle <\/span>franciscain<\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/span><\/i>mais <\/span>cela <\/span>ne <\/span>me <\/span>plaisait <\/span>pas. <\/span>Cette <\/span>conférence <\/span>du <\/span>père <\/span>Gautier <\/span>fut <\/span>pour moi <\/span>le <\/span>coup <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>grâce<\/span><\/span><\/i>. <\/span><\/i>Je <\/span>brûle <\/span>depuis <\/span>du <\/span>désir <\/span>d’aller <\/span>évangéliser <\/span>l’Afrique<\/span><\/span><\/i>. <\/span><\/span><\/i>J’offre <\/span>chaque jour <\/span>de <\/span>petits <\/span>sacrifices pour <\/span>la <\/span>conversion <\/span>des <\/span>petits <\/span>nègres<\/span><\/span><\/i>. <\/span><\/span><\/i>\u00a0\u00bb <\/span>(12<\/span><\/span>\/<\/span>11 <\/span><\/span>\/44) <\/span>Lorsqu’il <\/span><\/span>écrit cette lettre<\/span>, <\/span>il <\/span>est <\/span>au <\/span>grand séminaire <\/span>de <\/span>son diocèse<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>à <\/span><\/span>Viviers où il <\/span>fait deux ans de <\/span>philosophie, tout en travaillant <\/span>pour son compte <\/span>personnel <\/span>pour préparer <\/span>le bac de philo<\/span><\/span>. <\/span>Il réussira <\/span>la seconde <\/span>partie <\/span>de <\/span>son <\/span>bac <\/span>en <\/span>1949 <\/span>devant la <\/span>Faculté <\/span>des <\/span>Lettres <\/span>de <\/span>Lyon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Il <\/span>fait <\/span>son <\/span>service <\/span>militaire <\/span>en <\/span>Allemagne <\/span>de <\/span>novembre <\/span>1946 à <\/span>février 1948 et <\/span>en <\/span>sort <\/span>sergent. Le <\/span>séminaire <\/span>de <\/span>Viviers <\/span>l’aurait <\/span>volontiers <\/span>gardé: <\/span><\/span>\u00ab\u00a0Vous <\/span>faites<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/span><\/i>en <\/span>acceptant <\/span>ce <\/span>jeune <\/span>homme<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/i>une <\/span>excellente <\/span>acquisition. <\/span>C’est <\/span>un <\/span>séminariste <\/span>pieux<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/span><\/i>intelligent<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/span><\/i>aimable <\/span>et <\/span>bien <\/span>équilibré<\/span><\/span><\/i>. <\/span><\/i>Nous <\/span>le <\/span>regrettons<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/span><\/i>c’est <\/span>tout <\/span>vous <\/span>dire.\u00a0\u00bb <\/span><\/span><\/i>(<\/span>06<\/span><\/span>\/<\/span>0<\/span>3\/<\/span><\/span>48) <\/span><\/span>Au mois d’avril<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>il <\/span>est <\/span>admis au <\/span>noviciat<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>à <\/span>Chamalières<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>où <\/span>le <\/span>père Laqueyrie <\/span>se <\/span>charge de <\/span>lui <\/span>jusqu’au <\/span>mois d’octobre, <\/span>date <\/span>à <\/span><\/span>laquelle <\/span>il <\/span>va à Lyon pour terminer <\/span>son noviciat<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>puis faire les 4 <\/span>années <\/span>de théologie. <\/span>Il est ordonné prêtre le <\/span>11 <\/span>février 1952.<\/span><\/p>\n

Voici quelques <\/span>appréciations <\/span>de ses professeurs <\/span>lors de son admission <\/span>aux ordres : <\/span>\u00ab\u00a01<\/span>ntelligence <\/span>au-dessus <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>moyenne<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/span><\/i>peut <\/span>faire <\/span>des <\/span>études <\/span>supérieures<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/span><\/i>très <\/span>travailleur <\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/span><\/i>très <\/span><\/i>dévoué<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/span><\/i>grande <\/span>franchise <\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/span><\/i>heureux <\/span>caractère<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/span><\/i>désigné par <\/span>ses <\/span>confrères <\/span>pour <\/span>être <\/span>chef <\/span>de cours<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/span><\/i>habile <\/span>et <\/span>prudent <\/span>dans <\/span>les <\/span>affaires <\/span>matérielles.\u00a0\u00bb <\/span><\/span><\/i>Et <\/span>le <\/span>père <\/span><\/span>Boucheix, <\/span><\/span>provincial, <\/span><\/span>écrit <\/span>: <\/span>\u00ab\u00a0Ce <\/span>jeune <\/span>corifrère <\/span>sortant <\/span>du <\/span>séminaire <\/span>est <\/span>un <\/span>sujet <\/span>de <\/span>valeur <\/span>tant <\/span>au <\/span>point <\/span>de <\/span>vue <\/span>intellectuel <\/span><\/i>que pratique<\/span><\/span><\/i>. <\/span><\/i>Il <\/span>a <\/span>des moyens au-dessus de la moyenne qui <\/span><\/i>s’affirmeront <\/span><\/i>avec un peu de maturité. <\/span>Tempérament robuste <\/span><\/span><\/i>et <\/span><\/span><\/i>plein <\/span>de <\/span>dynamisme<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/i>doit <\/span>devenir <\/span>un <\/span>bon <\/span>organisateur dans tous <\/span>les <\/span>domaines. <\/span><\/i>Nous <\/span><\/span><\/i>pensons <\/span>qu’il <\/span>peut <\/span>s’adapter à <\/span>toutes <\/span>les <\/span>tâches <\/span><\/span><\/i>et <\/span><\/span><\/i>doit <\/span><\/span><\/i>être <\/span>capable <\/span><\/i>de <\/span>faire <\/span>face <\/span>plus <\/span>tard <\/span>à <\/span>des <\/span>responsabilités <\/span>de <\/span>premier <\/span>plan. <\/span>Sérieux, <\/span><\/span><\/i>équilibré, <\/span><\/i>plein <\/span>de <\/span>bon <\/span><\/i>sens, <\/span><\/i>méthodique et <\/span><\/i>très surnaturel, s’attachera à son <\/span><\/i>travail avec persévérance <\/span><\/i>et sera volontiers <\/span>exigeant <\/span><\/span><\/i>dans <\/span><\/span><\/i>ses <\/span>efforts. <\/span><\/i>\u00ab\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Il <\/span>est <\/span>mis <\/span><\/span>à <\/span><\/span>la <\/span>disposition <\/span>de <\/span>Mgr <\/span>Duirat, <\/span>préfet apostolique <\/span>de <\/span>Bouaké. Il <\/span>est <\/span>successivement<\/span><\/p>\n

vicaire <\/span>à <\/span>Bocanda, <\/span>responsable à <\/span>Tiébissou <\/span>puis <\/span>il <\/span>retrouve Bocanda <\/span>comme responsable. <\/span>Ces deux missions <\/span>sont aujourd’hui <\/span>dans le <\/span>diocèse de Yamoussoukro. <\/span>Est-il très <\/span>occupé <\/span>? <\/span><\/span>Sans <\/span>doute <\/span>; <\/span><\/span>répugne-t-il <\/span><\/span>à <\/span>donner <\/span>des <\/span>nouvelles <\/span><\/span>? <\/span><\/span>Peut-être. <\/span>Toujours <\/span><\/span>est-il qu’entre <\/span>1952 <\/span>et <\/span><\/span>1969<\/span><\/span>, <\/span>date <\/span>à <\/span><\/span>laquelle il <\/span>vient <\/span>à <\/span><\/span>Lyon pour une année <\/span>sabbatique, <\/span><\/span>on n’a aucun moyen d’avoir des précisions <\/span>sur son travail. <\/span>En <\/span>1969-1970<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>pendant <\/span><\/span>cette année de recyclage <\/span>aux <\/span>Facultés <\/span>catholiques <\/span><\/span>de <\/span>Lyon, il <\/span>est <\/span>aussi nommé <\/span>\u00ab\u00a0responsable pour <\/span>un <\/span>an <\/span>du <\/span><\/span><\/i>groupe <\/span><\/span><\/i>de <\/span><\/span><\/i>séminaristes <\/span><\/i>et <\/span><\/i>de <\/span><\/i>jeunes <\/span><\/i>pères qui <\/span><\/i>suivent à Lyon le cycle universitaire et <\/span><\/i>directeur <\/span><\/i>spirituel de <\/span><\/i>la <\/span><\/i>communauté sma <\/span>au <\/span><\/span><\/i>consortium d’études missionnaires 1er <\/span><\/span><\/i>cycle.\u00a0\u00bb <\/span><\/span><\/i>(<\/span>15<\/span><\/span>\/<\/span>06<\/span><\/span>\/<\/span>69) <\/span>Quand <\/span>il <\/span><\/span>retourne <\/span>en <\/span>Côte d’Ivoire, <\/span>avant de <\/span>se <\/span>retrouver <\/span><\/span>à <\/span><\/span>Béoumi, <\/span><\/span>il <\/span>passe <\/span>trois mois <\/span>à <\/span><\/span>Abidjan <\/span><\/span>où <\/span>il <\/span>prend <\/span><\/span>en <\/span>charge la <\/span>préparation <\/span>du stage pastoral des confrères <\/span>qui arrivent <\/span>pour la première <\/span>fois <\/span>en mission.<\/span><\/p>\n

A <\/span>Béoumi, <\/span>il <\/span><\/span>va <\/span><\/span>rester 7 <\/span>ans <\/span>: <\/span>les <\/span>circulaires <\/span>qu’il <\/span>envoie <\/span>à <\/span>la <\/span>fin <\/span>de <\/span>chaque <\/span>année témoignent des difficultés <\/span>qu’il rencontre <\/span>dans son ministère<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>de la <\/span>foi et <\/span>de l’ardeur <\/span>qu’il met dans <\/span>son <\/span>travail et <\/span>aussi de <\/span>joies profondes <\/span>qu’il partage <\/span>volontiers. <\/span><\/span>Il <\/span><\/span>écrit <\/span>par <\/span><\/span>exemple <\/span>: <\/span><\/span>\u00ab\u00a0La <\/span>nuit <\/span>de <\/span><\/i>Noël a été fotée <\/span><\/i>dans trois <\/span><\/i>centres. <\/span><\/i>Pour la première <\/span><\/i>fois, <\/span><\/i>les <\/span><\/i>chrétiens ont accepté <\/span><\/i>de <\/span><\/i>renoncer <\/span><\/span><\/i>à <\/span><\/span><\/i>leur <\/span>petite <\/span><\/span><\/i>chapelle <\/span><\/span><\/i>pour <\/span><\/span><\/i>se <\/span><\/span><\/i>réunir <\/span><\/span><\/i>en <\/span>un <\/span><\/span><\/i>lieu <\/span><\/span><\/i>commun <\/span><\/span><\/i>afin <\/span><\/span><\/i>de <\/span>fêter <\/span><\/span><\/i>dignement <\/span><\/span><\/i>Noël <\/span><\/i>et <\/span><\/span><\/i>d’apporter un <\/span>témoignage aux <\/span><\/i>animistes. Certains <\/span><\/i>ont <\/span><\/span><\/i>fait <\/span>à <\/span>pied <\/span><\/i>36 <\/span>kilomètres aller et <\/span><\/i>retour <\/span>pour <\/span><\/span><\/i>fêter <\/span>Noël <\/span>en <\/span><\/span><\/i>union <\/span>avec <\/span>les <\/span>autres<\/span><\/span><\/i>.\u00a0\u00bb <\/span><\/span><\/i>(Noël 72)<\/span><\/i> <\/span>\u00ab\u00a0Le <\/span>pays <\/span>Kodé <\/span><\/span><\/i>est <\/span>toujours <\/span><\/span><\/i>aussi <\/span>peu ouvert <\/span><\/i>à <\/span><\/span><\/i>l’évangile. <\/span><\/i>Après <\/span><\/i>31 <\/span>ans <\/span><\/i>de présence missionnaire<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/i>les <\/span><\/i>chrétiens <\/span><\/i>ne <\/span><\/i>se <\/span>comptent encore <\/span><\/span><\/i>que <\/span>par <\/span>unités. <\/span>[.<\/span><\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/i>.} <\/span>Il <\/span><\/span><\/i>faut <\/span>semer <\/span><\/span><\/i>dans <\/span>la <\/span><\/span><\/i>Foi <\/span>! <\/span>Aussi<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/span><\/i>avons-nous décidé <\/span>d’essayer de <\/span><\/i>donner le <\/span>témoignage <\/span><\/i>évangélique <\/span><\/i>des <\/span>premières <\/span><\/i>communautés chrétiennes : <\/span>\u00ab\u00a0s’appliquer à écouter <\/span><\/i>fidèlement l’enseignement <\/span><\/span><\/i>des <\/span><\/i>apôtres<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/i>à vivre <\/span><\/i>dans la <\/span><\/i>communion fraternelle<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/i>à <\/span><\/i>prendre <\/span>part <\/span><\/span><\/i>à <\/span><\/span><\/i>la <\/span>fraction du <\/span>pain <\/span><\/span><\/i>et <\/span>à <\/span><\/span><\/i>participer aux <\/span>prières<\/span><\/span><\/i>. <\/span><\/i>Actuellement, <\/span><\/i>nous <\/span>préparons <\/span><\/i>spirituellement <\/span>et <\/span><\/span><\/i>matériellement <\/span>l’ordination <\/span>de notre <\/span>premier <\/span>prêtre <\/span>kodé<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/span><\/i>l’abbé <\/span><\/span><\/i>Théodore <\/span><\/i>Kouadio<\/span><\/span><\/i>.\u00a0\u00bb <\/span><\/i>(Noël 74)\u00a0\u00bbL’année <\/span><\/i>écoulée<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/i>nous <\/span>avons <\/span>porté <\/span>nos <\/span><\/span><\/i>efforts sur <\/span><\/span><\/i>la <\/span><\/span><\/i>prière<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/span><\/i>la <\/span><\/span><\/i>formation <\/span><\/i>biblique <\/span>des <\/span>laïcs, <\/span>la <\/span>presse <\/span><\/span><\/i>et <\/span><\/span><\/i>l’entraide. Les <\/span>résultats <\/span>ne <\/span><\/span><\/i>sont <\/span><\/span><\/i>pas <\/span><\/span><\/i>spectaculaires. <\/span>Cependant, <\/span><\/i>nous <\/span>remarquons chez <\/span>les <\/span><\/span><\/i>chrétiens <\/span><\/span><\/i>une <\/span>meilleure <\/span>prise <\/span>de <\/span><\/span><\/i>conscience <\/span><\/i>du <\/span><\/span><\/i>rôle <\/span><\/span><\/i>de <\/span>levain <\/span>qu’ils ont <\/span>à <\/span>jouer <\/span>dans <\/span>leur <\/span><\/span><\/i>village (ici <\/span><\/span><\/i>on <\/span>parle <\/span>plus <\/span>volontiers du <\/span>piment qui <\/span>imprègne <\/span><\/i>toute <\/span><\/span><\/i>la <\/span><\/i>sauce. <\/span><\/span><\/i>\u00ab\u00a0 <\/span>(Noël 76)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Dès <\/span>qu’il <\/span>est <\/span>pressenti <\/span>pour <\/span>aller <\/span>à <\/span>la <\/span>Croix comme <\/span>supérieur <\/span>en <\/span>remplacement du <\/span>père <\/span>Boiron, il <\/span>accepte avec beaucoup <\/span>d’esprit de <\/span>foi <\/span>et <\/span>de <\/span>service, <\/span>puis <\/span>il <\/span>se <\/span>rétracte disant que <\/span>son <\/span>travail pastoral en Afrique lui apparaissait comme une priorité. Devant l’insistance du Conseil provincial, <\/span>il répond <\/span>\u00ab\u00a0Tu peux <\/span><\/i>compter sur <\/span><\/i>moi<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/i>c’est <\/span><\/i>un oui définitif <\/span><\/i>Il n’y reste qu’une année : <\/span>en <\/span>effet, c’est en 1979 que nos anciens <\/span>inaugurent <\/span>la <\/span>maison de Montferrier. <\/span>Il <\/span>n’en sera <\/span>pas <\/span>le <\/span>premier responsable<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>car <\/span>en <\/span>octobre <\/span>1979<\/span><\/span>, <\/span>il <\/span>devient supérieur <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>maison de Chamalières. <\/span>Il écrit alors <\/span><\/span>: <\/span><\/span>\u00ab\u00a0L’eau frappée par <\/span>la <\/span>roche rugueuse <\/span><\/i>semble <\/span><\/i>éclater dans sa <\/span><\/i>chute, <\/span><\/span><\/i>mais <\/span><\/span><\/i>elle <\/span>se <\/span><\/span><\/i>change <\/span>au <\/span>bas <\/span><\/span><\/i>en <\/span><\/span><\/i>une <\/span>onde <\/span>d’azur <\/span><\/span><\/i>calme <\/span>et <\/span><\/span><\/i>apaisée <\/span><\/span><\/i>! <\/span><\/span><\/i>! <\/span>! <\/span><\/span><\/i>Puisse-t-il <\/span><\/span><\/i>en <\/span>être ainsi <\/span><\/span><\/i>des <\/span>hommes <\/span>que <\/span>le <\/span><\/span><\/i>Conseil <\/span><\/span><\/i>bouscule <\/span><\/span><\/i>! <\/span>! <\/span>! <\/span><\/span><\/i>[.<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/i>.} J’étais<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i>pleinement dans <\/span>ma <\/span>peau<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/span><\/i>heureux à <\/span><\/i>La <\/span><\/span><\/i>Croix. <\/span><\/i>Priez <\/span>pour <\/span>que <\/span>cet <\/span><\/span><\/i>équilibre <\/span><\/i>ne <\/span><\/span><\/i>soit <\/span><\/span><\/i>pas <\/span>rompu <\/span><\/i>et <\/span><\/span><\/i>que <\/span>je <\/span>puisse <\/span>m’épanouir <\/span><\/i>en <\/span><\/i>terre d’Auvergne<\/span><\/span><\/i>. <\/span><\/i>Une <\/span><\/i>fois <\/span><\/i>encore, <\/span><\/i>Je pars dans l’inconnu<\/span><\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0\u00bb <\/span><\/i>(18\/09179) <\/span>A la maison de Chamalières<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>l’entente <\/span><\/span>est bonne<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>mais il précise cependant <\/span>: <\/span>\u00ab\u00a0Le moral <\/span><\/i>est <\/span><\/i>bon, <\/span><\/i>il <\/span><\/i>serait <\/span><\/i>meilleur <\/span><\/span><\/i>si <\/span><\/span><\/i>le <\/span>feu <\/span>vert <\/span>apparaissait<\/span><\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0\u00bb <\/span><\/i>(20<\/span><\/span>\/<\/span>12<\/span><\/span>\/<\/span>81) <\/span><\/span>Quand, en <\/span>1983<\/span><\/span>, <\/span>il <\/span>apprend <\/span>que <\/span>le <\/span>père <\/span>Pottier <\/span>va <\/span>le <\/span>remplacer, <\/span>il <\/span>écrit : <\/span><\/span>\u00ab\u00a0Enfin<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/span><\/i>Je <\/span>vois <\/span>le <\/span>bout <\/span>du <\/span>tunnel.\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

En <\/span>septembre 1983, <\/span>on <\/span>lui <\/span>propose sur <\/span>Bouaké de <\/span>travailler en <\/span>équipe avec <\/span>l’abbé Maurice curé <\/span>d’Ahougnanssou, <\/span>en <\/span>étant <\/span>responsable <\/span>des <\/span>deux <\/span>quartiers <\/span>de <\/span>Gonfreville <\/span>et <\/span>de <\/span>La <\/span>Zone <\/span>et de <\/span>s’occuper aussi <\/span>des <\/span>Mass <\/span>Média, <\/span>spécialement <\/span>la <\/span>presse <\/span>écrite. <\/span>Il <\/span>accepte. On <\/span>lui <\/span>propose également l’animation spirituelle des <\/span>maîtres. Il <\/span>répond qu’il verra <\/span>sur <\/span>place. Peu <\/span>après son arrivée<\/span><\/span>, <\/span>il <\/span>écrit <\/span>: <\/span>\u00ab\u00a0Je <\/span>suis <\/span>très <\/span>heureux à <\/span>Bouaké. <\/span>J’ai <\/span>du <\/span>champ pour <\/span>manœuvrer<\/span><\/i><\/span>. <\/span><\/i>Certes, (je m’en <\/span>doutais) <\/span>tout <\/span>n’est <\/span>pas <\/span>plat <\/span>et <\/span>les <\/span>volontaires pour <\/span>prendre <\/span>ce <\/span>poste <\/span>à <\/span>créer <\/span>n’existaient pas. Màis comme le cœur est resté jeune, la foi vive et <\/span>la santé bonne<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/i>on ne va pas se plaindre<\/span><\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0\u00bb <\/span><\/i>(31<\/span> <\/span>\/<\/span>12<\/span><\/span>\/<\/span>83) <\/span>Deux <\/span>ans plus <\/span>tard, <\/span>une <\/span>promotion <\/span>? <\/span>\u00ab\u00a0Hier matin<\/span><\/i><\/span>, <\/span><\/i>pères, frères et <\/span>sœurs réunis m’ont <\/span>élu <\/span>président du <\/span>secteur <\/span>urbain <\/span>de <\/span>Bouaké. En <\/span>vérité<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/i>Je <\/span>ne <\/span>m’attendais pas <\/span>du tout <\/span>à <\/span>cela. <\/span>Une <\/span>tuile <\/span>qui <\/span>me <\/span>tombe <\/span>soudain sur <\/span>la <\/span>tête. fls <\/span>ont <\/span>mis <\/span>l’accent sur <\/span>le <\/span>service <\/span>à rendre <\/span>à <\/span>l’ensemble. C’est <\/span>dans <\/span>cet <\/span>esprit <\/span>que <\/span>j’accepte.\u00a0\u00bb <\/span><\/i>( <\/span><\/span>17<\/span><\/span>\/<\/span> <\/span>t0<\/span><\/span>\/<\/span>85) <\/span>Il <\/span>s’occupe de <\/span>deux <\/span>groupes de <\/span>cours biblique, l’un le dimanche matin après la <\/span>messe et l’autre le mardi soir pour les adultes <\/span>et <\/span>les <\/span>cadres <\/span><\/span>; <\/span><\/span>il <\/span>a <\/span>du <\/span>monde <\/span>et <\/span>ça <\/span>marche <\/span>(étude <\/span>de <\/span>l’évangile de <\/span>Saint <\/span>Jean<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>puis <\/span>des Actes <\/span>des <\/span>Apôtres.<\/span><\/p>\n

Essayons d’imaginer l’énergie, le <\/span>courage, la <\/span>foi <\/span>dont <\/span>il <\/span>a <\/span>fait <\/span>preuve, <\/span>et <\/span>la <\/span>santé <\/span>qui <\/span>était <\/span>la sienne, <\/span>quand <\/span>après <\/span>six <\/span>ans <\/span>de <\/span>présence<\/span>, <\/span>là <\/span>où <\/span><\/span>il <\/span><\/span>n’y <\/span>avait <\/span>qu’une <\/span>petite <\/span>chapelle <\/span>à <\/span>son <\/span>arrivée et <\/span>où <\/span>maintenant une <\/span>mission <\/span>est <\/span>fondée <\/span>et <\/span>construite, il <\/span>peut <\/span>écrire <\/span>à <\/span>ses <\/span>bienfaiteurs pour <\/span>les remercier: <\/span>\u00ab\u00a0La <\/span>grande nouvelle<\/span><\/i><\/span>, <\/span><\/span><\/i>cette <\/span>année<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/span><\/i>c’est <\/span>une <\/span>œuvre <\/span><\/span><\/i>à <\/span><\/span><\/i>laquelle vous <\/span>avez <\/span>participé concrètement<\/span><\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/i>la <\/span>construction de <\/span>notre <\/span>nouvelle <\/span>église <\/span>Saint-Paul<\/span><\/span><\/i>. <\/span><\/i>[ <\/span>.<\/span>.]Nous <\/span>nous <\/span>préparons à y <\/span>célébrer la première eucharistie pour la nuit de Noël.\u00a0\u00bb <\/span><\/i>(<\/span>Noet 1992<\/span><\/span>) <\/span>Cette église est sur Gonfreville<\/span><\/span>. <\/span>Une <\/span>autre <\/span>église<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>l’église <\/span>Sainte-Marie<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>construite à <\/span>Sainte-Marie la <\/span>zone <\/span>est inaugurée <\/span>en <\/span>novembre <\/span>91 <\/span>et <\/span>sera <\/span>bénite <\/span>l’année <\/span>suivante <\/span>par <\/span>1‘<\/span>évêque <\/span>de <\/span>Bouaké. <\/span>En <\/span>1993<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>la <\/span>paroisse <\/span>Saint-Paul sera <\/span>confiée <\/span>au <\/span>père <\/span>René <\/span>Hoc. <\/span>A <\/span>partir <\/span>de <\/span>cette <\/span>date <\/span>il <\/span>y <\/span>a <\/span>deux <\/span>paroisses. Saint <\/span>Paul <\/span>de <\/span>Gonfreville <\/span>et <\/span>Sainte <\/span>Marie <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>Zone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Des <\/span>événements marquent cette période: <\/span>l’un est <\/span>cocasse: <\/span>un <\/span>taureau fonce sur la <\/span>4L <\/span>du vaillant missionnaire qui ne doit son salut qu’à la providence <\/span><\/span>; <\/span>l’autre est tragique<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>c’est <\/span>l’assassinat <\/span>du <\/span>père <\/span>Adrien <\/span>Jeanne <\/span>en <\/span>1993; <\/span>le <\/span>dernier <\/span>est <\/span>glorieux: <\/span>le <\/span>15 <\/span>mai <\/span>1991<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>Jacques Pelletier<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>ministre <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>Coopération<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>lui <\/span>fait <\/span>savoir qu’il <\/span>est <\/span>\u00ab\u00a0nommé au <\/span>grade <\/span>de <\/span>chevalier dans <\/span>l’Ordre <\/span>National <\/span>du <\/span>Mérite <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>République Française<\/span><\/i><\/span>, <\/span><\/span><\/i>pour <\/span>services <\/span>distingués rendus à <\/span>la <\/span>France <\/span>et <\/span>à <\/span>la <\/span>cause <\/span>de <\/span>l’amitié <\/span>franco-ivoirienne.\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Nommé économe au 150 en septembre 1995, il hésite bien à accepter ce poste. Il quitte Bouaké le cœur serré. Il vient de terminer le presbytère Sainte-Marie de la zone à Bouaké, et il écrit avant de partir : \u00ab\u00a0Voici le nid terminé ! Mais il est presque vide. J’ai un peu honte de l’occuper tout seul! [ ..] Mes craintes sont aussi et surtout pour la communauté qui a tant besoin de pasteurs!\u00a0\u00bb Le 12 janvier 1995, il avait écrit à la Province en parlant des foyers chrétiens de sa paroisse : \u00ab\u00a0fls sont très motivés et ils ne vous porteront pas dans leur coeur le jour où ils apprendront que vous leur arrachez leur père!\u00a0\u00bb Normalement, il est nommé pour quatre ans. C’est en tout cas ce que porte sa nomination. Avec l’arrivée de la Sodexho en 1997 pour s’occuper des repas au 150, il est libéré et mis à la disposition du Régional de Côte d’Ivoire pour le diocèse d’Odienné (gestion des finances diocésaines et accompagnement des familles chrétiennes). Il y retrouve son grand ami, l’abbé Maurice Konan Kouassi devenuévêque de ce diocèse. Quand il avait été nommé à Lyon, il avait ironisé en écrivant : \u00ab\u00a0Les voies de Dieu ne sont pas les nôtres 1 Le prêtre diocésain est envoyé par Rome comme missionnaire en territoire de première évangélisation et le missionnaire rappelé en France pour un service d’intendance ! C’est l’humour de Dieu !\u00a0\u00bb ( 10\/12\/95)<\/span><\/p>\n

A <\/span>Odienné, si la <\/span>coopération avec l’évêque est excellente, elle <\/span>durera moins de <\/span>deux ans. D’abord Odienné<\/span><\/span>, <\/span>c’est le bout du monde <\/span>: <\/span>impossible de faire les <\/span>analyses médicales sur place. <\/span>En <\/span>mai <\/span>1998, <\/span>quand <\/span>il <\/span>a <\/span>une <\/span>bonne <\/span>crise <\/span>de <\/span>palu <\/span>doublée <\/span>d’une <\/span>typhoïde <\/span>(il <\/span>doit <\/span>rentrer en <\/span>France <\/span>pour <\/span>se <\/span>refaire <\/span>!), <\/span>il <\/span>commence à <\/span>se <\/span>poser <\/span>des <\/span>questions. Et <\/span>puis<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>si <\/span>sa <\/span>gestion <\/span>des affaires est <\/span>très <\/span>réaliste, celle <\/span>de <\/span>son <\/span>évêque l’est beaucoup moins. En <\/span>1999 <\/span>(il <\/span>a <\/span>73 <\/span>ans) <\/span>il<\/span> demande au provincial de faire savoir à son évêque que son contrat ne sera pas renouvelé \u00a0\u00bbpour raisons de santé et de service sma à Lyon\u00a0\u00bb. A ce moment, il envisage une activité au 150, une insertion en paroisse à la demande, une aide à Chaponost pour la permanence. Mais le provincial lui propose de remplace le père Mittaine à Pommiers. Il accepte volontiers en disant qu’il aimerait bien avoir un jour libre par semaine précisant qu’il est moins casanier que son prédécesseur. Avant de quitter la Côte d’Ivoire, il a la joie de voir se terminer sur Odienné deux réalisations qui lui tenaient à cœur: la construction d’un dispensaire privé catholique, appelé \u00ab\u00a0dispensaire Pietro Bonilli\u00a0\u00bb, du nom d’un prêtre italien (1841-1935), béatifié en 1988, fondateur des Sœurs de la Sainte Famille de Spoleto, dont une communauté travaille sur Odienné, et aussi la construction de l’église de Minignan, dédiée à saint André où il célèbrera la messe le jour de Noël 1998 : \u00ab\u00a0Quel honneur et quelle joie pour notre petite communauté catholique.\u00a0\u00bb ( 17112\/98)<\/span><\/p>\n

Pommiers est une petite localité située à une vingtaine de kilomètres au nord de Lyon. C’est là que les sœurs nda avaient l’une de leurs maisons de retraite et c’est généralement un confrère de la Société qui était leur aumônier. Dès son arrivée à Pommiers, le père Ranchin s’engage dans le coin. Il répond à l’appel de père Pigeaud, le curé de Lissieu, pour une aide ponctuelle à Liergues, Pouilly-le-Monial et Charnay. Cela lui permet de rester un peu dans la pastorale de base. Discret et efficace dans son travail d’aumônier, le père sera très apprécié par les sœurs ; il le sera aussi par les membres des communautés chrétiennes des villages des environs, comme en témoigne une longue lettre de remerciement du maire de Pouilly-le-Monial : \u00ab\u00a0Vous allez nous manquer. Je sais, beaucoup de gens vous l’ont déjà dit, mais vous allez nous manquer en tant qu’homme tout simplement, un homme à l’écoute des autres, un homme qui savait partager et qui ne faisait pas de différence et qui savait réconforter les personnes en difficulté. \u00ab\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

En 2009, lorsque les sœurs doivent quitter leur maison de Pommiers, le père est nommé au 150, à Lyon. Il y sera le confrère toujours disponible qu’il a toujours été, disponible pour des services pastoraux à l’extérieur de la maison, disponible pour faire, avec d’autres, la permanence à l’accueil. Il trouve ce travail astreignant à cause des horaires, mais intéressant à cause des rencontres. Quand on lui parle de Montferrier, il dit que chaque fois qu’il va chez le docteur, celui-ci lui dit que sa santé s’améliore et facilement il argumente : il est encore utile pour finir d’initier Claude Vincent à l’accueil. Quand il y a défection d’une bénévole, il la remplace … il est utile au Média Center : il scanne des diapos : il en reste encore beaucoup, et puis ce qui lui fait peur, à Montferrier, c’est de n’avoir plus de contacts avec l’extérieur. Mais si on lui dit d’aller, il ira.<\/span><\/p>\n

Il y va en 2013 et y restera à peine une année. Dès son arrivée, il a rejoint le petit club des joueurs de pétanque. Il aimait jouer, mais se montrait très pointilleux sur l’observation des règles. Surtout, ce qu’on gardera de lui, c’est sa disponibilité, toujours prêt à rendre service. Dès qu’on lui demandait un petit service, il ne faisait aucune objection et acceptait de suite.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rendre service était une de ses préoccupations. Il est décédé le 16 juin 2014, durant la nuit, brusquement, à la grande surprise de tous. Comme il l’avait demandé sur son testament, il a été inhumé au cimetière de la Guillotière à Lyon dans le caveau des Missions Africaines.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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