Gilbert Marie Michel Méranville, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Catholic bishop
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Place of Birth: Le Vauclin, Martinique, France
About Gilbert Marie Michel Méranville
- Gilbert Marie Michel Méranville (4 February 1936) is the Roman Catholic archbishop emeritus of the Archdiocese of Fort-de-France in Martinique.
- Archbishop Méranville was ordained a priest in 1959, and on 14 November 2003, he succeeded Archbishop Maurice Rigobert Marie-Sainte as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Fort-de-France.
- His resignation for age reasons was accepted by Pope Francis on Saturday, 7 March 2015.
- That day, Pope named Father David Macaire, O.P., prior of the Dominican convent of La Sainte-Baume, in Toulon, France, as Archbishop-elect of Fort-de-France.
- He will be consecrated and installed as archbishop at a date in the near future.
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