Here's what we know about priest Jacques Hamel, who was killed in a church in #Normandy https://t.co/SziKLj7Q6a https://t.co/5DHYNOt8WA

— Sky News (@SkyNews) July 26, 2016

Via The Guardian:

Born in the same département of Seine-Maritime in 1930 and ordained in 1958, Hamel spent most of his working life in north-west France, including more than 30 years at St-Étienne. He celebrated 50 years in the clergy in 2008.

After officially retiring at 75, he had asked to remain in the parish and continue to help when necessary, the archdiocese of Rouen said. “This man was a good man,” said the president of the regional council, Hervé Morin.

Parishioners said they were devastated by the murder. “My family have been here for 35 years and we have always known him,” the manager of a beauty parlour down the road from the church told L’Express magazine.