Philippe Louis Jean Breton (14 November 1936 – 29 April 2020) was a French

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bishop.

Biography

Breton was born in

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. After completing his studies at the

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, he was ordained to the priesthood on 22 December 1966.

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appointed him Bishop of Aire et Dax, France, on 18 June 2002. He received his episcopal consecration on 29 September 2002 from Cardinal

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. On 19 June 2011, Breton alongside Cardinal

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proclaimed the

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of Blessed Marguerite Rutan, a French nun who was

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during the

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accepted his resignation on 24 January 2012. Breton died in

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on 29 April 2020. Due to the

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his funeral will be live-streamed on the Diocese of Aire et Dax website.

References

1936 births 2020 deaths Clergy from Rouen 21st-century French Roman Catholic bishops {{France-RC-bishop-stub