Pierre Guichet
Pierre Auguste Antoine Marie Guichet, MSC, MBE (born 21 January 1915, died 6 October 1989)[1] has been the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Tarawa from 1961 to 1978, when Paul Mea succeeded him.[2]
He was bishop of Stectorium from 1961 to 1966 as Vicar Apostolic of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, until the creation, in 1966, of the Diocese of Tarawa in Teaoraereke.
He was ordained Priest on 24 March 1946, was Superior in the Catholic Mission of Melanesia, and consecrated Bishop on 18 November 1961.[3]
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- ^ "Les vicaires apostoliques et évêques missionnaires partis de l'Ouest de la France (1880-1975)" (PDF). journals.openedition.org. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ^ Répertoires des évêques missionnaires bretons. Presses universitaires de Rennes. February 25, 2015. pp. 263–270 – via OpenEdition Books.
- ^ "Cent ans chez les Papous" (PDF). excerpts.numilog.com. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
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- 20th-century French Roman Catholic bishops
- 1915 births
- French Roman Catholic bishops in Oceania
- French expatriates in Kiribati
- Roman Catholic bishops of Tarawa and Nauru
- Missionaries of the Sacred Heart