Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois (17 November 1915 – 12 February 2017) was a French prelate of the

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Biography

Malbois was born in

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, France, and was

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to the priesthood on 29 June 1938 in the

Diocese of Versailles The Roman Catholic Diocese of Versailles (Latin: ''Dioecesis Versaliensis''; French language, French: ''Diocèse de Versailles'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church, in France. The diocese, headed by the Bishop of Versail ...

. He became a vicar in

Saint-Cloud Saint-Cloud () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris. Like other communes of Hauts-de-Seine such as Marnes-la-Coquette, Neuilly-sur-Seine and Vaucresson, Saint-Cloud is one of France's wealthiest towns ...

in 1939. He was appointed Titular Bishop of Altava and Auxiliary Bishop on 9 March 1961, and received his

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on 22 April 1961. On 9 October 1966 he was appointed bishop of Corbeil-Essonnes-Évry, a position he held until his resignation in September 1977. He turned 100 in November 2015. Malbois died on 12 February 2017 at the age of 101.

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Catholic-HierarchyDiocese site of Evry-Corbeil Essonnes
(French)
Diocese site of Versailles
(French) 1915 births 2017 deaths French centenarians 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in France Participants in the Second Vatican Council Men centenarians People from Versailles {{france-RC-bishop-stub