Samuel Gaumain
Samuel-Louis-Marie-Antoine Gaumain OFMCap (born January 4, 1915 in Saint-Pierre de l'Isle , France , † August 20, 2010 ) was a Roman Catholic bishop of Moundou in Chad .
Life
Samuel-Louis-Marie-Antoine Gaumain occurred on 28 September 1930, the religious order of the Capuchin in Carcassonne in. He made his first vows on October 7, 1931 and studied philosophy and theology in Bègles in Toulouse. He made solemn profession on January 12, 1936 and was ordained a priest on March 12, 1938 . Initially he worked in the community of Fontenay-le-Comte. In 1948 he went to Bouar in the Central African Republic as a missionary . From 1950 he worked in Doba , Chad, and built up the parish of Moundou.
1959 he was by Pope John XXIII. appointed first bishop of the Moundou diocese raised by a prefecture . The episcopal ordination received his Thomas Mongo , Bishop of Douala in Cameroon; Co - consecrators were Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud , Bishop of Berbérati, and Paul-Pierre-Yves Dalmais , Archbishop of Fort-Lamy. Gaumain was the council father of all four session periods of the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965. He was a delegate of the Bishops' Conference of Chad at the Synod of Rome in 1971.
His resignation was in 1974 by Pope Paul VI. granted.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Clément Sirgue |
Bishop of Moundou 1959–1974 |
Joseph Marie Régis Belzile |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gaumain, Samuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gaumain, Samuel-Louis-Marie-Antoine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French clergyman, Bishop of Moundou, Chad |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Pierre de l'Isle , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 20, 2010 |