Gabriel Bullet (22 March 1921 – 7 September 2011) was a

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. Bullet was born in Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland and was ordained a priest on 8 July 1945. Bullet was appointed auxiliary bishop of the

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on 29 December 1970 as well as titular bishop of Glavinitza and ordained bishop on 6 February 1971. Bullet resigned from the diocese on 16 November 1993. Until his death, Bullet held the title of Titular Bishop of Glavinitza.

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Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg website
(French)
Obituary Gabriel Bullet
(German) 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Switzerland 1921 births 2011 deaths {{europe-RC-bishop-stub