Raymond Bouchex

His Excellency
Raymond Bouchex
Archbishop of Avignon
Church Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese Avignon
See Archdiocese of Avignon
Predecessor Eugène-Jean-Marie Polge
Successor Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz
Orders
Ordination 3 June 1950
Consecration 19 March 1972
by Jean-Baptiste-Étienne Sauvage
Personal details
Born (1927-01-25)25 January 1927
Lugrin, France
Died 9 May 2010(2010-05-09) (aged 83)
Avignon, France

Raymond Joseph Louis Bouchex (25 January 1927 – 9 May 2010) was the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Avignon, France.

Ordained to the priesthood on 3 June 1950, Bouchex was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aix on 23 February 1972 and was ordained bishop on 19 March 1972. On 25 April 1978 Bouchex was appointed archbishop of the Avignon Archdiocese retiring on 21 June 2002.[1]

Notes

  1. "Archbishop Raymond Joseph Louis Bouchex". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.


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