Eugène Georges Joseph Lecrosnier (20 April 1923 − 15 October 2013) was a
French
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of the
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.
Lecrosnier was born in Maupertuis, France, and was ordained a priest on 20 December 1947. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the
Archdiocese of Chambéry
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...
, as well as titular bishop of San Leone, on 21 April 1969 and ordained bishop on 21 June 1969. Lecrosnier was appointed to the
Diocese of Belfort-Montbéliard on 5 November 1979 and served as bishop until his retirement on 1 March 2000.
Bishop Eugène Georges Joseph Lecrosnier
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References
External links
Chambéry Diocese
Saint-Dié Diocese
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in France
1923 births
2013 deaths
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