Vocation : Religion : Ecclesiastics/ western

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.

Jacques Faivre, (b. Lyon 11 August 1934, d. 13 August 2010) was the French Catholic bishop of Le Mans from 1997 to 2008.He entered the seminary of Francheville in the department of Rhône before beginning his studies at the university seminary in Lyon, where he obtained a degree in theology. He was ordained priest for the archdiocese of Lyon on 29 June 1960, where he began his career as a parish minister for nine years before dedicating himself for 15 years as the chaplain of schools. In 1984 he was appointed curate of the parishes of Notre-Dame-Saint-Vincent and Saint-Paul in Lyon, and was appointed deputy bishop of Lyon on 11 April 1992 where he was consecrated on 14 June 1992 in the Primatiale of Lyon by Cardinal Albert Decourtray. He was nominated Bishop of Le Mans on 29 July 1997 taking up his seat on 3 September to be enthroned on 21 September 1997, with Abbot Jean Brégeon as his assistant and Vicar General.
In the episcopal lineage and apostolic succession, he follows Albert Florent Augustin Cardinal Decourtray, archbishop of Lyon, who died in 1994.
On 27 March 2008 he informed the Pope of his retirement for reasons of ill health. The acceptance of his resignation was delayed for several weeks in order that he participate at the diocesan assembly of Pentecost 2008. On 3 July his departure was officially announced by the Vatican. He died two years later on 13 August 2010.
During his career he officiated at the beatification of Basile-Antoine Moreau in the centre of Antares in Le Mans on 5 September 2007 in the presence of thirty bishops and archbishops and the legate of Pope Benedict XVI, Monseigneur Martins. This was the first beatification ever to take place outside the Vatican without the presence of the Pope. On 21 December 2005 he began the diocesan process for the beatification and canonisation of Dom Guéranger, liturgist and restorer of the Benedictine Order of Solesmes.

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 (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.

Henri-François-Marie-Pierre Derouet was a 20th-century Bishop of Arras, France from 1985 to 1998.
Derouet was born on 28 November 1922 in Loiré, Maine-et-Loire. He was a French prelate who was Bishop of Arras.
He was ordained a priest on 26 June 1948 and was vicar of the parish of Saint-Serge in Angers. After this he became a teacher at the Lycée Notre-Dame de Bonnes Nouvelles in Angers and subsequently superior of the Our Lady of Good News in Beaupréau from 1960 to 1970. In 1970, he became Bishop of Choletais and Bishop of Séez on 24 July 1971. On 10 October 1985, he became Bishop of Arras.
He was also member of the Standing Council of the French Episcopate from 1978 to 1984 and president of the Episcopal Commission of the Independent Milieus from 1985 to 1991, president of the Episcopal Commission of the Maritime World from 1992 to 1997 and then the head of Pax Christi from 1998 to 2001.He died on 4 July 2004.

Maurice Paul Delorme (November 20, 1919 – December 27, 2012) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.Delorme was born in Lyon, and ordained to the priesthood on October 11, 1942, in Lyon. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Lyon as well as titular bishop of Ottocium on October 2, 1975, and ordained a bishop on November 16, 1975. Delorme remained auxiliary bishop of Lyon until his retirement on December 3, 1994, and continued to serve as titular bishop of Ottocium until his death in Lyon, aged 93.

Lucien Charles Gilbert Daloz (9 October 1930 – 31 July 2012) was the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Besançon, France.Ordained in 1955, Daloz became bishop of Langres in 1975 and archbishop of Besançon in 1980, retiring in 2003.

Bernard Louis Marie Charrier (born 4 August 1938 in Nantes) is a French Roman Catholic bishop.
Ordained to the priesthood on 29 June 1964, Charrier was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulle, France on 22 January 2001 and retired on 12 December 2013.

Michel-Marie Bernard Calvet S.M. (born 3 April 1944 in Autun, France) is the French-born New Caledonian Archbishop. He has served as the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nouméa from since his appointment on 19 June 1981. He also served as the Titular bishop of the Diocese of Nigrae Maiores.
Calvert was ordained as a Catholic priest in the Society of Mary on 28 April 1973.On 4 July 1979 Calvert was appointed as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nouméa, based in Nouméa, New Caledonia. He was simultaneously appointed the titular bishop on Nigrae Maiores on the same day.Michel-Marie Calvet was appointed the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Nouméa on 19 June 1981. He continued to serve as Archbishop as of 2010.