Jean-Baptiste Gourion
Jean-Baptiste Gurion OSB (* 24. October 1934 in Oran , † 23. June 2005 in Jerusalem ) was a Benedictine - Dept. of Jewish descent and Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem .
Life
Jean-Louis Gourion came from a Jewish family, went to school in Oran and studied in Paris. On April 5, 1958, he received his Christian baptism in the Benedictine abbey of Le Bec (France) and entered this monastery in 1961. He was ordained a priest on December 12, 1965 . In 1976 he went to Israel with two confreres, where he founded a Benedictine monastery in the Arab village of Abu Gosh near the ruins of a crusader church , and subsequently served as its head. After the monastery was elevated to the status of an abbey , he was ordained abbot on July 11, 1999.
In 1990 the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem appointed him Patriarchal Vicar for the small Catholic community of the Hebrew language in the Holy Land ( L'Oeuvre de Saint Jacques l'Apôtre ). On August 14, 2003, Pope John Paul II named him Titular Bishop of Lydda and Auxiliary Bishop of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem for the local Hebrew Catholic community. Patriarch Michel Sabbah ordained him episcopal on September 9, 2003. Co- consecrators were the retired President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace , Roger Cardinal Etchegaray , and the Apostolic Nuncio to Israel and Apostolic Delegate for Jerusalem and Palestine, Archbishop Pietro Sambi .
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| SURNAME | Gourion, Jean-Baptiste |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gourion, Jean-Baptiste OSB |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Algerian religious, abbot, Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oran |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 2005 |
| Place of death | Jerusalem |