- Paul Gouyon
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cardinal name=Paul Gouyon
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See=Rennes (emeritus ) |Paul Joseph Marie Gouyon (
October 24 ,1910 —September 26 ,2000 ) was a French Cardinal of theRoman Catholic Church . He served as Archbishop of Rennes from 1964 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969.Biography
Paul Gouyon was born in
Bordeaux , and studied at the University of andSeminary of Bordeaux. He also attended the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice inParis , thePontifical Gregorian University inRome , and the Catholic Institute of Paris.Gouyon was ordained to the priesthood on
March 13 ,1937 , and finished his studies in 1939. After serving in theFrench Army duringWorld War II from 1939 to 1940, he began pastoral work in Bordeaux, serving as pastor of Montussan and of Beychac (1940-1944),chaplain of the "lycée" Michel-Montaigne (1944-1951), andvicar general of the archdiocese. He was raised to the rank of Domestic Prelate of His Holiness onApril 6 ,1955 .On
August 6 ,1957 , Gouyon was appointed Bishop of Bayonne byPope Pius XII . He received his episcopal consecration on the followingOctober 7 from Archbishop Paul Richaud, with Archbishop Joseph Martin and Bishop Louis Guyot serving as co-consecrators, in the Cathedral of Saint-André. Gouyon later attended theSecond Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965, and was promoted to Coadjutor Archbishop ofRennes and Titular Archbishop of "Pessinus" onAugust 6 ,1963 . He succeeded the lateClément-Emile Roques as Archbishop of Rennes onSeptember 4 ,1964 .Pope Paul VI created him Cardinal Priest of "Natività di Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo in via Gallia" in theconsistory ofApril 28 ,1969 . Gouyon was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the conclaves of August and October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II respectively. He was also named the nationalpresident of "Pax Christi ". The Cardinal resigned his post as Archbishop onOctober 15 ,1985 , after a period of twenty-one years, and lost the right to participate in any future conclaves upon reaching the age of eighty onOctober 24 ,1990 .Cardinal Gouyon died in Bordeaux, at age 89. He is buried in the
cemetery of the Mother House of theLittle Sisters of the Poor inSaint-Pern .External links
* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-g.htm#Gouyon Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgouyon.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
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