Louis Dufaux
Louis Jean Dufaux (born October 21, 1931 in Nice , † April 14, 2011 ibid) was French bishop of Grenoble .
Life
Louis Dufaux attended the Minor Seminary Saint-Paul in Cannes and studied at the seminary in Nice and at the Institut Catholique de Paris . He was ordained a priest on June 29, 1955 and was incardinated in the clergy of the Diocese of Nice . He was pastor at the Notre-Dame du Port church in Nice. From 1965 to 1970 he was director of education and adult catechesis in the ordinariate. In 1970 he became assistant director for the Catechumenate of the Roman Catholic Church in France . From 1975 to 1978 he was director of the Center National de l'Enseignement Religieux (CNER) , the national center for religious education. From 1978 to 1980 he was Episcopal Vicar in the Diocese of Nice with responsibility for pastoral care and further training for priests. From 1980 to 1984 he was Vicar General of the Diocese of Nice.
Pope John Paul II appointed him titular bishop of Accia and auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Marseille on February 27, 1984 . The episcopal ordination on April 29, 1984 donated to him the emeritus bishop of Nice, Jean-Julien-Robert Mouisset ; Co - consecrators were Félix-Marie-Honoré Verdet , Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle , and François de Sales Marie Adrien Saint-Macary , Coadjutor Bishop of Nice.
On March 10, 1988 he was appointed coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Grenoble . After Gabriel-Marie-Joseph Matagrin's resignation on September 6, 1989, he succeeded him as Bishop of Grenoble.
He was President of the Committee for National Solidarity (Conseil national de la solidarité) , President of the Episcopal Committee for Social Affairs and Caritas (Comité épiscopal socio-caritatif) and a member of the State Council for Cooperation with the Catholic Church (Conseil d'administration de la délégation catholique pour la coopération) .
On June 10, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI. his age-related resignation. He last lived in the house of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Nice, where he died in 2011.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Matagrin |
Bishop of Grenoble 1989-2006 |
Guy de Kerimel Comm l'Emm |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dufaux, Louis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dufaux, Louis Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | catholic bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nice |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 2011 |
| Place of death | Nice |