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Gilbert Marie Michel Méranville (born 4 February 1936) is the
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emeritus of the Archdiocese of Fort-de-France in
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. Archbishop Méranville was ordained a
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in 1959, and on 14 November 2003, he succeeded Archbishop Maurice Rigobert Marie-Sainte as the Metropolitan Archbishop of
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. His resignation for age reasons was accepted by
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on Saturday, 7 March 2015. That day, Pope named Father
David Macaire David Thomas Daniel Macaire OP (born 20 October 1969) is a Martiniquan Catholic prelate who has served as the Archbishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre since 2015. Personal life Macaire was born in Nanterre to Jean-David (Marceau) Macaire an ...
, O.P., prior of the Dominican convent of
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, in
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, as Archbishop-elect of Fort-de-France. He will be consecrated and installed as archbishop at a date in the near future.


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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fort-de-France Martinique
1936 births Martiniquais Roman Catholic archbishops 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in France Living people Roman Catholic archbishops of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre {{Caribbean-RC-bishop-stub