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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
22 May 202453.7AppointedAlexandre Marie Joseph de BucyBishop of Agen
29 May 202473.3ResignedMaroun Nasser GemayelBishop of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris (Maronite)Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
2 Jun 202448.2Ordained BishopGrégoire François Bruno DrouotBishop of Nevers
69.7CeasedBenoît Marie Pascal RivièreApostolic Administrator of NeversBishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny)
4 Jun 202464.0AppointedBenoît BertrandBishop of Pontoise
75.8RetiredStanislas Marie Georges Jude LalanneBishop of PontoiseBishop Emeritus
8 Jun 202449.2InstalledNicolas Pierre Jean LhernouldArchbishop of Tunis, Tunisia
29 Jul 202455.9AppointedPhilippe CurbeliéTitular Archbishop of UticaUnder Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
6 Aug 202464.6AppointedPascal Jean Marcel WintzerArchbishop of Sens (-Auxerre)
1 Sep 202454.0Ordained BishopAlexandre Marie Joseph de BucyBishop of Agen
77.3CeasedPierre-Marie Joseph CarréApostolic Administrator of AgenArchbishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières)
15 Sep 202464.2InstalledBenoît BertrandBishop of Pontoise
26 Sep 202464.0AppointedPhilippe Jean-Charles JourdanBishop of Tallinn, Estonia
28 Sep 202456.1Ordained BishopPhilippe CurbeliéTitular Archbishop of UticaUnder Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
1 Oct 202467.3AppointedFrancis Victor BestionBishop of Blois
6 Oct 202464.8InstalledPascal Jean Marcel WintzerArchbishop of Sens (-Auxerre)
8 Oct 202479.0Died[Bernard Tissier de Mallerais], S.S.P.X. †Bishop
3 Nov 202464.1InstalledPhilippe Jean-Charles JourdanBishop of Tallinn, Estonia
15 Nov 202448.0AppointedÉtienne Patrick Christian Marie GuilletBishop of Saint-Denis
27 Nov 202495.4DiedGeorges Edmond Robert Gilson †Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre)
1 Dec 202467.5InstalledFrancis Victor BestionBishop of Blois
7 Dec 202462.7AppointedJean-Paul Vesco, O.P.Cardinal-Priest of Sacro Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a VitiniaCardinal, Archbishop of Alger, Algeria
62.7Elevated to CardinalJean-Paul Vesco, O.P.Cardinal, Archbishop of Alger, Algeria
7 Jan 202572.2ResignedDominique Marie Jean Rey, Comm. l'Emm.Bishop of Fréjus-ToulonBishop Emeritus
59.6SucceededFrançois Marie Pierre TouvetBishop of Fréjus-Toulon
9 Jan 202557.9AppointedFranck Henri JavaryBishop of Châlons
14 Jan 202567.0AppointedJérôme Daniel BeauArchbishop of Poitiers
80.7RetiredMichel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M.Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)Archbishop Emeritus
16 Feb 202548.3Ordained BishopÉtienne Patrick Christian Marie GuilletBishop of Saint-Denis
20 Feb 202556.4AppointedFrançois GourdonBishop of Saint-Dié
1 Mar 202558.0Ordained BishopFranck Henri JavaryBishop of Châlons
2 Mar 202567.1InstalledJérôme Daniel BeauArchbishop of Poitiers
22 Mar 202556.5Ordained BishopFrançois GourdonBishop of Saint-Dié
25 Mar 202556.5InstalledFrançois GourdonBishop of Saint-Dié
10 Apr 202595.6DiedRené Marie Albert Dupont, M.E.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Andong, Korea (South)
12 Apr 202569.8AppointedJean-Marie Antoine Joseph SpeichApostolic Nuncio to Netherlands
15 Apr 202553.9AppointedÉric Bidot, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop of TulleBishop-Elect
15 Jun 202554.0Ordained BishopÉric Bidot, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop of TulleBishop-Elect

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