Gabriel Piroird
Gabriel Piroird, Institute of Prado | |
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| Bishop of the Lyons, France | |
| Died | 3 April 2019 (aged 86) Écully, France |
Gabriel Jules Joseph Piroird, Institute of Prado (5 October 1932 – 3 April 2019) was a French-born
Roman Catholic prelate who served as the fourteenth Diocesan Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Constantine
from 25 March 1983 until his retirement on 21 November 2008.
Biography
Bishop Piroird was born in southern France and as a young person joined a secular institute of the Institute of the Priests of Prado, founded by Blessed Antoine Chevrier, where he was ordained a priest on 27 June 1964,[1] after completing his philosophical and theological education.
Fr. Piroird worked as a
On 25 March 1983, after retirement of his predecessor, he was appointed bishop of the
consecrated to the Episcopate on 3 June 1983.[2] The principal consecrator was Bishop Jean Scotto with other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church.[1]
In this office Bishop Piroird served until his retirement on 21 November 2008,[1] and returned to France, where he died on 3 April 2019.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Bishop Gabriel Jules Joseph Piroird, Ist. del Prado". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ a b c "Décès du « père Gaby », évêque émérite de Constantine". La Croix (in French). 8 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
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