Paul Joseph Marie Gouyon (24 October 1910 – 26 September 2000) was a French

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. He served as

Archbishop of Rennes The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Rhedonensis, Dolensis et Sancti Maclovii''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Rennes, Dol et Saint-Malo''; br, Arc'heskopti Roazhon, Dol ha Sant-Maloù) is a dioces ...

from 1964 to 1985, and was elevated to the

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in 1969.

Biography

Paul Gouyon was born in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

, and studied at the University of and

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of Bordeaux. He also attended the

Seminary of Saint-Sulpice Jean-Jacques Olier, S.S. (20 September 1608 – 2 April 1657) was a French Catholic priest and the founder of the Sulpicians. He also helped to establish the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal, which organized the settlement of a new town ...

in Paris, the

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in Rome, and the Catholic Institute of Paris. Rennes_Cath%C3%A9drale_Gouyon

Gouyon was

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to the priesthood on 13 March 1937, and finished his studies in 1939. After serving in the

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during

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from 1939 to 1940, he began

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work in Bordeaux, serving as

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of Montussan and of Beychac (1940–1944), chaplain of the ''

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'' Michel-Montaigne (1944–1951), and

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of the

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. He was raised to the rank of

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. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 7 October from Archbishop Paul Richaud, with Archbishop Joseph Martin and Bishop Louis Guyot serving as

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, in the Cathedral of Saint-André. Gouyon attended the

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from 1962 to 1965, and was promoted to

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Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...

and Titular Archbishop of Pessinus on 6 August 1963. He succeeded Clément-Emile Roques as

on 4 September 1964.

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created him Cardinal-Priest of Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo in via Gallia in the consistory of 28 April 1969. Gouyon was one of the

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who participated in the conclaves of

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and October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and

John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

. He was also named the national president of Pax Christi. He resigned his post as Archbishop on 15 October 1985, after a period of twenty-one years, and lost the right to participate in conclaves upon reaching the age of eighty on 24 October 1990. Cardinal Gouyon died in Bordeaux at age 89 and was buried in the cemetery of the Mother House of the Little Sisters of the Poor in

Saint-Pern Saint-Pern (; ; Gallo: ''Saent-Pèrn'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Saint-Pern is the burial place of Saint Jeanne Jugan, where the motherhouse for the Little Sisters of the Poor at La Tour S ...

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