Gabriel Piroird
Gabriel Jules Joseph Piroird (5 October 1932 – 3 April 2019) was a French Roman Catholic bishop. He became a priest in 1964. He began serving as the 14th Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Constantine, Algeria on 25 March 1983. He retired on 21 November 2008. He was born in Lyon.
Piroird died on 3 April 2019 in Écully, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. He was 86.[1]
References
- ↑ Hoffner, Anne-Bénédicte (8 April 2019). "Décès du « père Gaby », évêque émérite de Constantine". La Croix. https://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Catholicisme/Monde/Deces-pere-Gaby-eveque-emerite-Constantine-2019-04-08-1201014221?from_univers=lacroix. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
Other websites
- Gabriel Piroird at Catholic-Hierarchy.org