Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne

Gilbert Antoine Duchêne ( born July 29, 1919 in Moussey, France, † November 29, 2009 ibid ) was bishop of Saint -Claude.

Life

Gilbert Antoine Duchêne studied at St. Augustine College in Bitche at the seminary in Metz. The Second World War interrupted his education. After use as a soldier from 1940 to 1942 he studied at the seminary in Belley and Moulins. On 14 July 1946 he was ordained a priest and continued his education at the Institut Catholique de Paris and was at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome for Dr. iur. can. doctorate.

In 1949 he became pastor of St. Martin in Metz. From 1952 to 1962 he was professor of moral theology and canon law at the seminary Grand Séminaire de Metz, whose superior he was also. In 1970 he became vicar general in Metz and in charge of Catholic Action.

Pope Paul VI. 1971 appointed him titular bishop of Tela and appointed him as Auxiliary Bishop of Metz. He received his episcopal consecration on December 11, 1971, the Bishop of Metz, Paul Joseph Schmitt; Co-consecrators were Pierre- Francis -Lucien - Anatole Boillon, Bishop of Verdun, and Jean Vilnet, Bishop of Saint- Dié.

On June 10, 1975 was made by Pope Paul VI. the appointment as Bishop of the Diocese of Saint -Claude is based in Lons -le- Saunier. In 1976 Duchêne President of the Episcopal Commission for Family and in 1984 a member of the Commission for the rural areas. In 1985 he was honored with the medal Patriots réfractaire à l' annexation de fait.

1st December, 1994, Pope John Paul II accepted his resignation age-related. He is buried in his home village Moussey.