| Jean-Marie Mérigoux | |
| Birth Date: | 27 January 1938 |
| Birth Place: | Besançon, France |
| Death Place: | Marseille, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Occupation: | Roman Catholic priest |
Jean-Marie Mérigoux (27 January 1938 – 7 November 2020) was a French Roman Catholic priest and university professor.[1]
Born in 1938 in Besançon, where his father was a professor of the sciences. After studying in Marseille, he attended the Catholic University of Toulouse. He was ordained a priest on 4 July 1965 in Rangueil and celebrated his first mass one week later in Foucherans.
Jean-Marie Mérgioux learned Arabic in Algiers and at Saint Joseph University in Beirut.[2] He was then assigned to Iraq, where he stayed from 1969 to 1983. There, he trained young priests of the East Syriac Rite at the Saint-Jean-de-Mossoul seminary.[3] He then joined the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies in Cairo, where he stayed for 22 years.
Jean-Marie Mérigoux died in Marseille on 7 November 2020 at the age of 82.[4]