Paul Joseph Marie Gouyon (24 October 1910 – 26 September 2000) was a French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Rennes from 1964 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969.


Paul Gouyon
Archbishop Emeritus of Rennes
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseRennes
SeeRennes
Appointed4 September 1964
Term ended15 October 1985
PredecessorClément-Émile Roques
SuccessorJacques André Marie Jullien
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo a Via Gallia (1969-2000)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination13 March 1937
Consecration7 October 1957
by Paul-Marie-Alexandre Richaud
Created cardinal28 April 1969
by Pope Paul VI
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Paul-Joseph-Marie Gouyon

24 October 1910
Died26 September 2000(2000-09-26) (aged 89)
Bordeaux, France
Alma materUniversity of Bordeaux
Pontifical Gregorian University
Institut Catholique de Paris
MottoIn Spiritu et veritate
Coat of armsPaul Gouyon's coat of arms
Styles of
Paul Gouyon
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeRennes (emeritus)

Biography

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Paul Gouyon was born in Bordeaux, and studied at the University of and Seminary of Bordeaux. He also attended the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice in Paris, the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and the Catholic Institute of Paris.

 

Gouyon was ordained to the priesthood on 13 March 1937, and finished his studies in 1939. After serving in the French Army during World War II from 1939 to 1940, he began pastoral work in Bordeaux, serving as pastor of Montussan and of Beychac (1940–1944), chaplain of the lycée Michel-Montaigne (1944–1951), and vicar general of the archdiocese. He was raised to the rank of Domestic Prelate of His Holiness on 6 April 1955.

On 6 August 1957, Gouyon was appointed Bishop of Bayonne by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 7 October from Archbishop Paul Richaud, with Archbishop Joseph Martin and Bishop Louis Guyot serving as co-consecrators, in the Cathedral of Saint-André. 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. He succeeded Clément-Emile Roques as Archbishop of Rennes on 4 September 1964.

Pope Paul VI created him Cardinal-Priest of Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo in via Gallia in the consistory of 28 April 1969. Gouyon was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the conclaves of August and October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II. He was also named the national president of Pax Christi. He 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.

Cardinal 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.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Bayonne
1957–1963
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of Rennes
1964–1985
Succeeded by