Jean Chabbert Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert
Honorific-Suffix:O.F.M.
Church:Roman Catholic Church
See:Diocese of Perpignan-Elne
Term:1982–1996
Predecessor:Henry-Camille-Gustave-Marie L’Heureux
Successor:André Louis Fort
Ordination:29 June 1947
Consecration:7 July 1967
Consecrated By:Cardinal Louis-Jean Guyot
Birth Date:31 December 1920
Birth Place:Castres, France
Death Place:Castres, France

Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, OFM (31 December 1920 – 20 September 2016) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Chabbert was born in Castres and ordained a priest on 29 June 1947 in the Roman Catholic religious order of the Order of Friars Minor. Chabbert was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Rabat, in Morocco, as well as titular bishop of Quaestoriana on 13 April 1967 and was consecrated bishop on 7 July 1967; he succeeded to that see in 1968. Chabbert was then appointed bishop of the Diocese of Perpignan-Elne on 17 July 1982, and served there until his retirement on 16 January 1996. Chabbert died on 20 September 2016 at the age of 95.[1] [2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Décès de Mgr Jean Chabbert, archevêque-évêque émérite de Perpignan. 21 September 2016. La Croix. fr-FR. 0242-6056. 2016-09-21.
  2. Web site: L’ancien évêque de Perpignan Monseigneur Chabbert est décédé. David. François. 21 September 2016. France Bleu. fr-FR. 2016-09-21.