Guy Gaucher

Guy Étienne Germain Gaucher OCD (born March 5, 1930 in Tournan-en-Brie , Département Seine-et-Marne , France , † July 3, 2014 in Carpentras ) was auxiliary bishop in Bayeux .

Life

Guy Gaucher received the on March 17, 1963 ordination and put the profession in the Congregation of the Discalced Carmelites on October 3, 1968 from.

Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Meaux on August 27, 1986 . The Archbishop of Paris , Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger , donated him episcopal ordination on October 19 of the same year; Co- consecrators were Louis Kuehn , bishop emeritus of Meaux, and Yves Bescond , auxiliary bishop in Meaux.

On May 7, 1987, John Paul II appointed him titular bishop of Rota and auxiliary bishop in Bayeux, based in Lisieux . On July 1, 2005, Pope Benedict XVI. his age-related retirement.

Guy Gaucher worked scientifically on Georges Bernanos , Therese von Lisieux as well as Zélie and Louis Martin . Numerous books have been translated into other languages. He also worked as a jazz pianist .

Works

• Le Thème de la mort dans les romans de Georges Bernanos. 1955
• La Passion de Therese de Lisieux. 1992 ISBN 2-204-04777-5 .
• Georges Bernanos ou l'invincible espérance. 1994 ISBN 2-204-04848-8 .
• Je voudrais parcourir la terre. Thérèse de Lisieux thaumaturge, docteur et missionnaire. 2003 ISBN 978-2-204-07277-9 .
• Tout est grâce. Retreat with Georges Bernanos in the lumière de sainte Thérèse de Lisieux. 2009 ISBN 978-2-204-08919-7 .
• Bienheureux Zélie et Louis Martin. Correspondance familiale (1863-1888). 2009 ISBN 978-2-204-08869-5 .

Web links

• Guy Gaucher entry on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Guy Gaucher preaches in the Holy Year 2000 in the Vatican
• Literature by and about Guy Gaucher in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obituary (French)

predecessor	Office	successor
Louis Kuehn	Bishop of Meaux 1986–1987	Louis Pierre Joseph Cornet