Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, OFM (31 December 1920 – 20 September 2016) was a French

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of the

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. Chabbert was born in Castres and ordained a priest on 29 June 1947 in the

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religious order of the Order of Friars Minor. Chabbert was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Rabat, in Morocco, as well as titular bishop of Quaestoriana on 13 April 1967 and was consecrated bishop on 7 July 1967; he succeeded to that see in 1968. Chabbert was then appointed bishop of the

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on 17 July 1982, and served there until his retirement on 16 January 1996. Chabbert died on 20 September 2016 at the age of 95.

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Perpignan-Elne Diocese
(French) 1920 births 2016 deaths People from Castres French Roman Catholic bishops in Africa Bishops of Perpignan Franciscan bishops French Friars Minor 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in France Roman Catholic archbishops of Rabat {{france-RC-bishop-stub