Gérard-Joseph Deschamps
Gérard-Joseph Deschamps (4 July 1929 – 25 February 2022) was a Canadian Roman Catholic prelate.
Deschamps was born in Eastview, Frontenac County, Ontario on 4 July 1929 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1954. He was Bishop of Daru in Papua New Guinea from 1966 until 1999, when he became bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bereina.[1] He resigned in 2002,[2] and died on 25 February 2022, at the age of 92.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bishop Gérard-Joseph Deschamps". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "Bereina (Diocese)". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "Lutto nell'episcopato". L'Osservatore Romano. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
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