Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, (born December 31, 1920) is a French

France

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 prelate

Prelate

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 of the Roman Catholic Church

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.

Chabbert was born in Castres, France and ordained a priest on June 29, 1947 from the Roman Catholic

Roman Catholic Church

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 religious order of the Order of Friars Minor

Franciscan

Most Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....

. Chabbert was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Rabat

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabat

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabat is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Morocco. It was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Rabat on July 2, 1923 by Pope Pius XI, and promoted to the rank of an archdiocese by Pope Pius XII on September 14, 1955.The...

  as well as titular bishop of Quaestoriana on April 13, 1967 and was ordained bishop on July 7, 1967. Chabbert would be appointed bishop of the Diocese of Perpignan-Elne

Roman Catholic Diocese of Perpignan-Elne

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Perpignan-Elne, is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church, in France. The diocese comprises the Department of Pyrénées-Orientales. This see continues the old diocese of Elne, which was renamed and had its see relocated at Perpignan, in 1601 after a...

 on July 17, 1962 where he would serve until his retirement on January 16, 1996.

See also

• List of oldest Catholic bishops
• Order of Friars Minor
  Franciscan
  Most Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....
  
  
• Archdiocese of Rabat
  Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabat
  The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabat is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Morocco. It was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Rabat on July 2, 1923 by Pope Pius XI, and promoted to the rank of an archdiocese by Pope Pius XII on September 14, 1955.The...
  
  
• Diocese of Perpignan-Elne
  Roman Catholic Diocese of Perpignan-Elne
  The Roman Catholic Diocese of Perpignan-Elne, is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church, in France. The diocese comprises the Department of Pyrénées-Orientales. This see continues the old diocese of Elne, which was renamed and had its see relocated at Perpignan, in 1601 after a...
  
  

External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy
• Rabat Diocese (French)
• Perpignan-Elne Diocese (French)