French Roman Catholic bishop stubs

Léon_Hégélé

Léon Hégélé (30 January 1925, Montreux-Vieux – 11 February 2014) was a French Catholic bishop.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1950, Hégélé was appointed titular bishop of Utica and auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Strasbourg, France, in 1985. He retired in 2000.

Louis-Jean_Guyot

Louis-Jean Guyot (7 July 1905 in Bordeaux in France – 1 August 1988 in Bordeaux) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church, and archbishop of Toulouse in 1966–1978.
In 1935 Guyot obtained a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum with a dissertation entitled L'incorporation au Christ par les sacrements d'après la doctrine de st. Thomas.He was made cardinal in 1973 by Pope Paul VI, named the cardinal-priest of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura.He took part in the August 1978 Conclave which elected Pope John Paul I, and in the October 1978 Conclave which elected Pope John Paul II.

Clément_Guillon

Clément Joseph Marie Raymond Guillon (27 April 1932 – 9 July 2010) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Quimper, France.
Ordained to the priesthood on 5 May 1957, Guillon was made coadjutor bishop of the Quimper Diocese on 17 March 1988 and was ordained bishop on 10 April 1988. He became the diocesan bishop on 3 May 1989, retiring on 7 December 2007.

Bellino_Giusto_Ghirard

Bellino Giusto Ghirard (22 May 1935 − 26 July 2013) was a French Roman Catholic bishop.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1962, Ghirard was appointed coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rodez, France, in 1990 and succeeded to the diocese in 1991 retiring in 2011.

Maurice_Le_Bègue_de_Germiny

Maurice de Germiny (born 23 November 1939) has been the bishop of Blois from 1997 to 2014. He hails from a French aristocratic family. One of his ancestors was a French ambassador to the Sublime Porte in the sixteenth century.
He qualified as an archivist at the Ecole des Chartes in Paris, and became responsible for the departmental archives of the Jura. He subsequently trained for the ministry and became curate of Saint-Séverin, a Left Bank parish of Paris. He was later named vicar general of Paris.

Maurice_Gaidon

Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon (17 January 1928 – 14 November 2011) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cahors, France.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1956, Gaidon became a bishop in 1973 retiring in 2004.

Claude_Frikart

Claude Henri Édouard Frikart (5 March 1922 – 18 December 2014) was a French Prelate of Roman Catholic Church, and member of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists, C.I.M.). He was also author of L'Eglise: 15 questions sur son histoire (2003) answering difficult questions.Frikart was born in Ermont, France and ordained a priest on 2 July 1948 from the religious order of Congregation of Jesus and Mary. Frikart was appointed auxiliary archbishop to the Paris Archdiocese on 21 June 1986 as well as the titular bishop of Summula and ordained bishop on 2 September 1961. Frikart retired on 2 September 1997 as auxiliary archbishop.

Louis_Dufaux

Louis Jean Dufaux (21 October 1931 – 14 April 2011) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grenoble-Vienne, France.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1958, Dufaux was named an auxiliary bishop in 1984. In 1988, he was named coadjutor bishop of the Grenoble-Vienne Diocese becoming bishop in 1989. Bishop Dufaux retired in 2006.

Gilbert-Antoine_Duchêne

Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne (29 July 1919 – 29 November 2009) was a French bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.
Duchênet was born in Moussey, France and was ordained a priest on 14 July 1946. He was appointed Auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Metz as well as Titular bishop of Tela on 18 September 1971 and ordained bishop on 11 December 1971. Duchênet was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Saint-Claude on 10 June 1975 and retired from diocese on 1 December 1994.