Paul-Marie François Rousset, Ist. del Prado (August 27, 1921 – January 9, 2016), was a French
prelate of the
Roman Catholic Church.
Rousset was born in
Grièges
Grièges (; frp, Grièjo) is a Communes of France, commune in the Ain Departments of France, department in eastern France.
Geography
The Veyle forms most of the commune's northern border, then flows into the Saône, which forms the commune's ...
and was ordained a priest on February 24, 1945 from the religious order of
Ist. del Prado. Rousset was appointed titular bishop of the
Utimma as well as auxiliary archbishop of the
Archdiocese of Lyon
The Archdiocese of Lyon (Latin: ''Archidiœcesis Lugdunensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Lyon''), formerly the Archdiocese of Lyon–Vienne–Embrun, is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. The Archbishops ...
on January 24, 1966. He was ordained a bishop on March 6, 1966. Rousset was appointed bishop of
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Saint-Étienne is the t ...
on February 23, 1971 and resigned from the diocese on September 28, 1987. He died on January 9, 2016.
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External links
Catholic-HierarchyDiocese of Saint-ÉtienneArchdiocese of Lyon
1921 births
2016 deaths
People from Grièges
French Roman Catholic titular bishops
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in France
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