Georges Rol
Georges Rol (born May 22, 1926 in Thiviers , France , † April 13, 2017 in Angoulême , France) was a French clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Angoulême .
Life
Georges Rol studied theology and philosophy at the Catholic Institute in Toulouse and was ordained a priest on February 28, 1953 .
Pope Paul VI appointed him on February 27, 1973 titular bishop of Gabii and coadjutor bishop of Angoulême. The Bishop of Tulle , Jean-Baptiste Brunon PSS , donated him episcopal ordination on May 1st of the same year ; Co -consecrators were René-Noël-Joseph Kérautret , Bishop of Angoulême, and Anthyme Bayala , Bishop of Koudougou . With the resignation of René-Noël-Joseph Kérautret on July 1, 1975, he succeeded him as Bishop of Angoulême.
In December 1987, he and Pierre Plateau , Archbishop of Bourges , brought a lawsuit against the French government, which at the time was planning to move school lessons from Saturday to Wednesday. Rol and Plateau feared cuts in the catechism .
After the approval of his resignation by Pope John Paul II on December 22, 1993, he was professor at the Major Seminary in Ouidah in Benin until 1998 .
Web links
- Entry for Bishop Georges Rol † on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Mgr Georges Rol . Website of the Roman Catholic Church in France (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Décès de Mgr Georges Rol, évêque émérite d'Angoulême. la-croix.com , April 13, 2017, accessed April 20, 2017 (French).
- ^ France: Cracks in the dam. Der Spiegel 52/1987, December 21, 1987, accessed December 28, 2015 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| René-Noël-Joseph Kérautret |
Bishop of Angoulême 1975–1993 |
Claude Dagens |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rol, Georges |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French clergyman, Roman Catholic bishop of Angoulême |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thiviers , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 2017 |
| Place of death | Angoulême , France |