Paul-Marie François Rousset, Ist. del Prado (August 27, 1921 – January 9, 2016), was a French
prelate
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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.
Rousset was born in
Grièges 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 on January 24, 1966. He was ordained a bishop on March 6, 1966. Rousset was appointed bishop of
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...
on February 23, 1971, and resigned from the diocese on September 28, 1987. He died on January 9, 2016.
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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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