Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers (1 March 1915 – 14 August 2008) was

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of the

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. Marius Maziers was born in Siran,

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, raised in the

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faith and was ordained a priest on 9 October 1938. On 17 December 1959, he was appointed

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and auxiliary bishop of

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and was consecrated on 25 February 1960. He was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of the

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and Titular Bishop of Zica. He succeeded to the post of Archbishop of Bordeaux with the death of his predecessor on 6 February 1968 and served until his retirement on 31 May 1989. Archbishop Maziers died on 14 August 2008 at the age of 93.

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