François Gayot
François Gayot SMM (born July 17, 1927 in Saint-Louis-du-Nord , Haiti , † December 16, 2010 in Rome ) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien .
Life
François Gayot joined the community of Montfortans and was ordained a priest on February 7, 1954 .
On November 22, 1974, Pope Paul VI appointed Gayot as Bishop of Cap-Haïtien. On February 2, 1975 he received the episcopal ordination from the then nuncio in Haiti, Luigi Barbarito ; Co - consecrators were François-Wolff Ligondé , Archbishop of Port-au-Prince , and Rémy Augustin , Coadjutor Bishop of Port-de-Paix .
With the elevation of the diocese of Cap-Haïtien to an archbishopric by Pope John Paul II on April 7, 1988 Gayot became its first archbishop. For several years he was chairman of the Haiti Bishops' Conference .
The Pope accepted his age-related resignation with effect from November 5, 2003.
In December 2010, François Gayot was the official representative of the Haitian Church at a meeting of the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) on migration issues in Rome. Here he had to be admitted to the Gemelli Clinic because of health problems , where he died a little later.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Albert François Cousineau CSC |
Bishop and Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien 1974–2003 |
Hubert Constant |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gayot, François |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Haitian clergyman, Catholic Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Louis-du-Nord , Haiti |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 2010 |
| Place of death | Rome |