Gérard Denis Auguste Defois (born 5 January 1931) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who was the ordinary of a series of French dioceses from...

Eugène Louis Ménager (1973–1988) Jean Marie Julien Balland (1988–1995) Gérard Defois (1995–1998) Thierry Jordan (1999–2018) Éric de Moulins-Beaufort (2018–present)...

Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise 2000–2008 Succeeded by Philippe Ballot Preceded by Gérard Defois Archbishop of Lille 2008–2022 Succeeded by Laurent Le Boulc'h Preceded by...

priesthood. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Lille by Bishop Gérard Defois on 4 June 1989. Delannoy served in a parish in Roubaix for two years...

Yves Baumgarten 45 Lille Laurent Le Boulc'h (Archbishop) Gérard Defois (Archbishop emeritus) Gérard Coliche (Auxiliary bishop emeritus) 46 Limoges Pierre-Antoine...

Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet (13 August 1983 – retired 2 July 1998) Gérard Defois (2 July 1998 – retired 1 February 2008) Laurent Ulrich (1 February 2008...

Jacques Eugène Louis Ménager Archbishop of Reims 1988–1995 Succeeded by Gérard Defois Preceded by Albert Decourtray Archbishop of Lyon 27 May 1995 – 1 March...

1983 - 1998 Predecessor Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand Successor Gérard Denis Auguste Defois Previous post(s) Prelate Orders Ordination 22 October 1944 Consecration...

René-Louis-Marie Stourm 1962–1977 Eugène-Marie Ernoult 1977–1990 Gérard Denis Auguste Defois 1990–1995 (became Archbishop of Reims) Georges Edmond Robert...