Type: | bishop |
Jean-Louis Giasson | |
Bishop of Yoro | |
Archdiocese: | Tegucigalpa |
See: | Tegucigalpa |
Appointed: | 19 September 2005 |
Term: | 2005-2014 |
Term Start: | 12 December 2005 |
Term End: | 21 January 2014 |
Predecessor: | None |
Successor: | TBD |
Ordination: | 18 December 1965 |
Birth Date: | 7 December 1939 |
Birth Place: | L'Islet, Quebec, Canada |
Death Place: | Yoro, Honduras |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Residence: | Yoro, Honduras |
Jean-Louis Giasson (December 7, 1939 – February 12, 2014) was a Canadian Roman Catholic bishop.
Born in L'Islet-sur-Mer, Quebec, Canada, Giasson was ordained to the priesthood in 1965 with the Société des Missions-Étrangères in Laval, Quebec. Following his ordination, Giasson went to Honduras as a missionary in 1966 and in 2003 he became regional superior for the Society in Honduras.[1]
In 2005 after 48 years as a priest, he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yoro, Honduras. He resigned on January 21, 2014[2] and died less than a month after retiring.