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France

Oldest and Youngest Bishops


BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
21 Nov 1925 Bishop Jacques Marie Sébastien de Saint-BlanquatBishop Emeritus of Montauban
6 May 1928 Bishop Jacques Joseph Marie Despierre, Ist. del PradoBishop Emeritus of Carcassonne
4 Jun 1928 Archbishop Charles Louis Joseph Vandame, S.J.Archbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad
30 May 1929 Archbishop Georges Edmond Robert GilsonArchbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre)
2 Sep 1929 Bishop René Marie Albert Dupont, M.E.P.Bishop Emeritus of Andong, Korea (South)
31 Oct 1929 Bishop Paul-Marie Joseph André GuillaumeBishop Emeritus of Saint-Dié
15 Feb 1930 Bishop Jean Marie Louis Bonfils, S.M.A.Bishop Emeritus of Nice
29 Jun 1930 Archbishop Émile Marcus, P.S.S.Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux)
30 Aug 1930 Paul Joseph Jean Cardinal PoupardPresident Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Roman Curia
5 Jan 1931 Archbishop Gérard Denis Auguste DefoisBishop Emeritus of Lille
4 Aug 1932 Archbishop Hubert Marie Pierre Dominique BarbierArchbishop Emeritus of Bourges
21 Nov 1932 Bishop Pierre Jean Marie Marcel MolèresBishop Emeritus of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron)
Youngest
6 Mar 1976 Father Grégoire DrouotBishop-Elect of Nevers
23 Mar 1975 Bishop Nicolas Pierre Jean LhernouldBishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
12 Aug 1974 Bishop Loïc Philippe LagadecAuxiliary Bishop of Lyon
11 Dec 1973 Bishop Matthieu Henri Fabien DupontBishop of Laval
14 Nov 1973 Bishop François Hervé Marie DurandBishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux)
8 Jun 1973 Bishop Philippe GuiougouBishop of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
25 Nov 1972 Bishop Gilles Lucien Paul Reithinger, M.E.P.Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg
22 Jan 1972 Bishop Bruno Paul Marie ValentinBishop of Carcassonne et Narbonne
17 Jan 1972 Father Ivan BrientFormer Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo)
8 Dec 1971 Bishop Guillaume Robert Marie-Joseph Leschallier de LisleAuxiliary Bishop of Meaux
9 Oct 1971 Bishop Alexandre François Marie JolyBishop of Troyes
22 Nov 1970 Bishop Pierre Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I.Bishop of Hearst-Moosonee, Ontario, Canada

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