Gérard-Joseph Deschamps
Canadian Catholic bishop
Gérard-Joseph Deschamps (4 July 1929 – 25 February 2022) was a Canadian Roman Catholic prelate. Deschamps was born in Eastview, Ontario. He became a priest in 1954. He was Bishop of Daru in Papua New Guinea from 1966 until 1999. He later became bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bereina.[1] He resigned in 2002.[2]
Deschamps died on 25 February 2022, at the age of 92.[3]
References change
- ↑ "Bishop Gérard-Joseph Deschamps". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ↑ "Bereina (Diocese)". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ↑ "Lutto nell'episcopato". L'Osservatore Romano. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
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