Paul-Louis Carrière (30 March 1908 – 21 February 2008) was a French

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of the

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. Carrière was born in

Châlons-en-Champagne Châlons-en-Champagne () is a city in the Grand Est region of France. It is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Marne (department), Marne, despite being only a quarter the size of the city of Reims. Formerly called Châlons ...

and was ordained a priest on 8 July 1931. He was appointed coadjutor bishop of the

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and titular bishop of Ladicum on 5 November 1968, and was consecrated on 11 January 1969. He succeeded as bishop of the

when bishop Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem resigned on 31 December 1969, where he remained until retiring on 10 March 1984. Carrière died on 21 February 2008, a month shy of his

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in Châlons-en-Champagne.

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1908 births 2008 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in France {{France-RC-bishop-stub

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