Maurice Gaidon

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Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon (born January 17, 1928 in Dijon , † November 14, 2011 ibid) was a French clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Cahors .

Life

Maurice Gaidon studied literature at the University of Burgundy . He was considered a first-class pianist and was awarded first prize in the piano category at the Conservatoire de musique de Dijon. After his literature degree, he entered the seminary in Dijon and studied at the Catholic University of Lyon philosophy and theology . On June 29, 1956, he was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Dijon . From 1957 to 1960 he was prefect at the Minor Seminary in Flavigny-sur-Ozerain and from 1960 was vicar in the parish Herz-Jesu, Dijon. In 1962 he took over the professorship for fundamental theology at the seminary in Dijon and was its superior from 1966 to 1973.

Pope Paul VI appointed him on August 13, 1973 titular bishop of Sebarga and auxiliary bishop in Besançon . The Bishop of Dijon , André Charles de la Brousse , donated him episcopal ordination on September 30, 1973 ; Co - consecrators were Marc-Armand Lallier , Archbishop of Besançon , and Bernardin Gantin , Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples . He resigned from the office of auxiliary bishop in Besançon in September 1974 and was replaced by Pope Paul VI. appointed director of pilgrimages to Paray-le-Monial ; Gaidon had been in contact with the Catholic movement Community Emmanuel since the early 1970s .

Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Cahors

On May 20, 1977 Paul VI appointed him. to the auxiliary bishop in Autun ; on January 20, 1987, Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Cahors.

Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation on February 4, 2004, but he was committed to the Shrine of Our Lady of Rocamadour (Notre Dame de Rocamadour). He was a member of the Standing Committee on Economy of the French Bishops' Conference (CEF) . He was an advisor to the Pontifical Council for Culture . In 2006 he was consecrator at the ordination of the priestly brotherhood of St. Peter in Wigratzbad .

Maurice Gaidon was buried on November 21, 2011 in the Saint-Etienne Cathedral in Cahors .

Fonts

  • La spiritualité du Sacré Coeur in: Collection Prières de tous les temps, numéro 34, 1999
  • Un Dieu Au Cur Transperce , Editions Saint-Paul 1980, ISBN 978-2850491962
  • Pretre, Selon Le Coeur De Dieu , Mediaspaul 1986, ISBN 978-2712202675
  • L'Eucharistie, soleil de Dieu , Editions de l'Emmanuel 2005, ISBN 978-2915313321
  • Un évêque français entre crise et renouveau de l'Eglise , Editions de l'Emmanuel 2007, ISBN 978-2353890064 (Memoirs)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d "Mgr Maurice Gaidon, ancien évêque de Cahors, s'est éteint à Dijon" on la-croix.com . Retrieved November 15, 2011. (French)
  2. ^ "Consecrations at the Priestly Society of St. Petrus" , kath-info.de, accessed on November 16, 2011
predecessor Office successor
Joseph-Marie-Henri Rabine Bishop of Cahors
1987-2004 		Norbert Turini
personal data
SURNAME Gaidon, Maurice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gaidon, Maurice-Adolphe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French clergyman, Roman Catholic bishop
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Dijon
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 2011
Place of death Dijon