Jacques Gaillot

His Excellency

Jacques Gaillot
Titular Bishop of Parthenia
Jacques Gaillot (2007)
Jacques Gaillot (2007)
ChurchCatholic Church
SeePartenia
In office1995–2023
PredecessorJosé Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán
SuccessorVacant
Orders
Ordination18 March 1961
Consecration20 June 1982
by Léon Aimé Taverdet
Personal details
Born(1935-09-11)11 September 1935
Saint-Dizier, France
Died12 April 2023 (aged 87)
Paris, France
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Jacques Gaillot (audio speaker iconpronunciation (help·info); 11 September 1935 – 12 April 2023);[1] generally known in French as Monseigneur Gaillot) was a French Catholic clergyman and social activist. He was Bishop of Évreux in France from 1982 to 1995. In 1995, Pope John Paul II removed him as head of his diocese.

He is known as the The Red Cleric.[2] He was born in Saint-Dizier, Champagne. Gaillot died on 12 April 2023, at the age of 87.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Jacques Gaillot, ancien évêque et figure contestataire de l’épiscopat, est mort (in French)
  2. ↑ Reuters.French Against Vatican Sacking of "Red Cleric" Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine 17 January 1995
  3. ↑ Lesegratain, Claire (12 April 2023). "Mort de Jacques Gaillot, « l'évêque rebelle »". La Croix. Retrieved 12 April 2023.