Paul Joseph Marie Gouyon was a French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
12 Facts About Paul Gouyon
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Paul Gouyon served as Archbishop of Rennes from 1964 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969.
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Paul Gouyon was born in Bordeaux, and studied at the University of and Seminary of Bordeaux.
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Paul Gouyon attended the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice in Paris, the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and the Catholic Institute of Paris.
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Paul Gouyon was raised to the rank of Domestic Prelate of His Holiness on 6 April 1955.
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On 6 August 1957, Paul Gouyon was appointed Bishop of Bayonne by Pope Pius XII.
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Paul Gouyon attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965, and was promoted to Coadjutor Archbishop of Rennes and Titular Archbishop of Pessinus on 6 August 1963.
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Paul Gouyon succeeded Clement-Emile Roques as Archbishop of Rennes on 4 September 1964.
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Pope Paul Gouyon VI created him Cardinal-Priest of Nativita di Nostro Signore Gesu Cristo in via Gallia in the consistory of 28 April 1969.
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Paul Gouyon was named the national president of Pax Christi.
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Paul Gouyon resigned his post as Archbishop on 15 October 1985, after a period of twenty-one years, and lost the right to participate in conclaves upon reaching the age of eighty on 24 October 1990.
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Cardinal Paul Gouyon died in Bordeaux at age 89 and was buried in the cemetery of the Mother House of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Saint-Pern.