Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau (born 5 December 1937) was the Archbishop of Montpellier from 2002 to 2011. He was earlier Bishop of Beauvais, Bishop of Noyon, Bishop of Senlis, and auxiliary bishop

Auxiliary bishop

An auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an additional bishop assigned to a diocese because the diocesan bishop is unable to perform his functions, the diocese is so extensive that it requires more than one bishop to administer, or the diocese is attached to a royal or imperial office...

 of Meaux

Meaux

Meaux is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located east-northeast from the center of Paris. Meaux is a sub-prefecture of the department and the seat of an arondissement...

. Coming from a prominent business family, he served as 'vicaire' at Notre-Dame de Passy and subsequently as 'curé' of St. Pierre

Saint-Pierre

- Surname :Saint-Pierre is the surname of:* Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre , who in 1728 proposed the creation of a European league of 18 sovereign states, with common treasury, no borders and an economic union...

 de Chaillot in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. He resigned his post of archbishop on June 3, 2011.

External links

• Archbishop Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau at Catholic-Hierarchy.org
• Archdiocese of Montpellier. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved on 2008-06-19.
• Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montpellier at Giga-Catholic Information