Georges Gilson
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Georges Robert Edmond Gilson (b. May 30, 1929) is a French Catholic bishop
.
He served initially as auxiliary to Cardinal Marty of Paris. On the appointment of Cardinal Lustiger, he was rapidly appointed to the see of Le Mans (1981). From 1996 to 2004 he served as Archbishop of Sens-Auxerre (the see lost its metropolitan functions in 2002) and simultaneously as Prelate to the Mission de France
(Pontigny
).
Monseigneur Gilson is strongly influenced by the work of the Second Vatican Council
and is broadly considered as liberal.
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
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He served initially as auxiliary to Cardinal Marty of Paris. On the appointment of Cardinal Lustiger, he was rapidly appointed to the see of Le Mans (1981). From 1996 to 2004 he served as Archbishop of Sens-Auxerre (the see lost its metropolitan functions in 2002) and simultaneously as Prelate to the Mission de France
Territorial Prelature of Mission de France
The Territorial Prelature of Mission de France o Pontigny is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Pontigny in the Ecclesiastical province of Dijon in France.-History:...
(Pontigny
Pontigny
Pontigny is a commune in the Yonne department in Burgundy in north-central France....
).
Monseigneur Gilson is strongly influenced by the work of the Second Vatican Council
Second Vatican Council
The Second Vatican Council addressed relations between the Roman Catholic Church and the modern world. It was the twenty-first Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church and the second to be held at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. It opened under Pope John XXIII on 11 October 1962 and closed...
and is broadly considered as liberal.