• Source: Georges Gilson

      • Georges Robert Edmond Gilson (30 May 1929 – 27 November 2024) was a French Roman Catholic archbishop.


      Biography


      Gilson was ordained a priest in 1957. In 1974, he was appointed vicar general of the Archdiocese of Paris. Since 1976, he served as auxiliary bishop to Cardinal Marty of Paris.
      On the appointment of Cardinal Lustiger as Archbishop of Paris, Gilson was rapidly appointed to the see of Le Mans (1981). From 1996 to 2004 he served as Archbishop of Sens-Auxerre (the see lost its metropolitan functions in 2002) and simultaneously as Prelate to the Mission de France (Pontigny). He retired on 31 December 2004.
      Gilson died on 27 November 2024, at the age of 95.


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