Bonaventure Hinwood (12 February 1930 – 8 September 2016)[2] was a Roman Catholic priest and Afrikaans poet.
[3] Two years later, he felt the calling to become a priest and approached the Irish Province of the Franciscan Order who at the time staffed St John Vianney, the Catholic Seminary in Pretoria, where he trained for the priesthood.
Upon his ordination in 1960 in Rome, he took the name Bonaventure and became the first South African to join the Irish Province.
[3] He trained in Ireland as novice in Killarney, and in Rome at the Franciscan Antonianum (now also known as the Pontifical University of Saint Anthony), for 11 years (commencing his Doctorate), before returning to South Africa in 1964.
Hinwood was awarded the Papal Recognition Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice during Mass held at St John Vianney Seminary in Pretoria, South Africa.