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Louis Dufaux
Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeDiocese of Grenoble
Orders
Ordination29 June 1955
Consecration29 April 1984
Personal details
Born(1931-10-21)21 October 1931
Died14 April 2011(2011-04-14) (aged 79)
Nice, France
Alma materCatholic University of Paris

Louis Jean Dufaux (French pronunciation: [lwi dyfo]; 21 October 1931 – 14 April 2011) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Grenoble, France from 1989 to 2006.

Ordained to the priesthood in Nice in 1955, Dufaux was named an auxiliary bishop in Marseille and titular bishop in Accia in 1984. In 1988, he was named coadjutor bishop of the Grenoble Diocese, becoming bishop the following year. Bishop Dufaux retired with the Little Sisters of the Poor in 2006.[1]

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