Biography

Blase Bonpane was born on April 24, 1929 in Ohio, USA. He was married to Theresa. He died on April 8, 2019 in the USA.

Education: (1) Two Bachelor Degrees. (2) Two Master's Degrees. (3) Ph.D. Degree in Latin American Studies, University of California, Irvine.

In 1983, on 'The Wally George Show,' Bonpane argued with the host, then knocked over George's desk, before being ejected from the program. This on-air confrontation is preserved on YouTube 'best of show' video clips.

I do not intend to become accustomed to the poverty and destitution of these poor people. I do intend to do whatever I can to change these evils. [On his missionary work among the Guatemalan population.]

You can be in all kinds of bad standing. But when people say, 'Did you use to be a priest?' I say, 'No, I am a priest.'[The Catholic Maryknoll Order defrocked Bonpane for his political activism in Central America, and advocating Marxist Liberation Theology].