20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in France

Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois (17 November 1915 – 12 February 2017) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Joseph Théophile Louis Marie Madec (March 15, 1923 – February 6, 2013) was a French Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Joseph Théophile Louis Marie Madec was born in Ploërmel, France, and ordained a priest on April 5, 1947. Madec was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon on February 8, 1983, and consecrated on April 10, 1983. Madec was the bishop of Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon until his retirement on May 16, 2000.

Géry-Jacques-Charles Leuliet (12 January 1910 – 1 January 2015) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and at the time of his death, was the oldest bishop of the Catholic Church, at 104 years of age.
Leuliet was born in France and was ordained to the priesthood on 8 July 1933 in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras. He was appointed Bishop of Amiens on February 14, 1963 and received his episcopal consecration on 9 May 1963. Leuliet retired as the bishop's dean in France on 15 January 1985. Upon the death of Nguyen Van Thien on 13 May 2012 he became the oldest living Roman Catholic bishop. He died 11 days before his 105th birthday on 1 January 2015.

Eugène Georges Joseph Lecrosnier (20 April 1923 − 15 October 2013) was a French Prelate of the Catholic Church.
Lecrosnier was born in Maupertuis, France, and was ordained a priest on 20 December 1947. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chambéry, as well as titular bishop of San Leone, on 21 April 1969 and ordained bishop on 21 June 1969. Lecrosnier was appointed to the Diocese of Belfort-Montbéliard on 5 November 1979 and would remain as bishop until his retirement on 1 March 2000.

Armand-François Le Bourgeois (1911–2005) was bishop of Autun in central France from 1966 until his retirement in 1987. The last bishop of Autun to wear the pallium, he was prominent in ecumenical relations. He chaired an episcopal committee that decided to offer communion in Catholic Churches to Anglicans who found themselves out of reach of their own church in France.

Pierre Jacques Joatton (20 July 1930 − 22 November 2013) was a French Roman Catholic bishop.
Ordained to the priesthood on 29 June 1957, Joatton was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Étienne, France on 20 April 1988 and retired on 28 June 2006.

Jean Hermil (September 24, 1917 in Charolles – March 10, 2006 in Viviers) was Roman Catholic bishop of Viviers, France.
He was ordained a priest on July 5, 1942 at Autun. He was appointed auxiliary bishop there on May 15, 1963, and simultaneously appointed titular bishop of Marida, with formal ordination on July 2 – being the last holder of that office. On December 14, 1965, he was appointed bishop of Viviers, a position he held until retirement on October 15, 1992.

Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy (23 July 1920 – 9 August 2011) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop
of the Diocese of Beauvais, France from 1985 to 1995.

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.

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.