Claude Henri Édouard Frikart (5 March 1922 – 18 December 2014) was a French

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, and member of the

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(Eudists, C.I.M.). He was also author of ''L'Eglise: 15 questions sur son histoire'' (2003) answering difficult questions.''L'Eglise: 15 questions sur son histoire'' 2003 Pourquoi l'Eglise a-t-elle voulu imposer sa vérité par la force ? Pourquoi l'Eglise a-t-elle soutenu l'ordre établi ? Pourquoi l'Eglise a-t-elle béni les canons ? Pourquoi l'Eglise se mêle-t-elle de la vie privée ? Frikart was born in Ermont, France and ordained a priest on 2 July 1948 from the religious order of

. Frikart was appointed auxiliary archbishop to the Paris Archdiocese on 21 June 1986 as well as the titular bishop of Summula and ordained bishop on 2 September 1961. Frikart retired on 2 September 1997 as auxiliary archbishop.

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Parisian Archdiocese
(French) 1922 births 2014 deaths People from Ermont 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in France Auxiliary bishops of Paris Eudist bishops {{france-RC-bishop-stub