Gilbert Marie Michel Méranville

Gilbert Marie Michel Méranville
Archbishop Emeritus of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre
In office14 November 2003 – 7 March 2015
PredecessorMaurice Rigobert Marie-Sainte
SuccessorDavid Macaire
Orders
Ordination20 December 1959
Consecration18 April 2004
by Maurice Rigobert Marie-Sainte[1]
Personal details
Born (1936-02-04) 4 February 1936
Le Vauclin, Martinique, French West Indies, French Empire

Gilbert Marie Michel Méranville (born 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 of Fort-de-France.

References

  1. ↑ "Archbishop Gilbert Marie Michel Méranville". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2026-08-13.
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