Gaston Marie Jacquier


Gaston Marie Jacquier
Auxiliary Bishop of Algiers
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseAlgiers
Appointed4 December 1960
by Pope John XXIII
Term ended8 July 1976
Orders
Ordination18 December 1926
Consecration6 March 1961
by Léon-Étienne Duval
Personal details
Born23 February 1904
Died8 July 1976(1976-07-08) (aged 72)
Algiers, Algeria
NationalityFrench
ParentsFrançois Jacquier
Thérèse Chevallay
Ordination history of
Gaston Marie Jacquier
History
Priestly ordination
Date18 December 1926
PlaceSt. Philippe Cathedral, Algiers, French Algeria
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorLéon-Étienne Duval
Co-consecratorsEmile-Joseph Socquet, M.Afr.
Paul Pierre Pinier
Date6 March 1961
PlaceSt. Philippe Cathedral, Algiers, French Algeria

Gaston Marie Jacquier (23 February 1904 – 8 July 1976) was a French prelate of the Catholic Church in Algeria. Originally from Évian-les-Bains, France, he moved to French Algeria and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Algiers. In 1960, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Algiers. He participated in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council. In 1976, he was assassinated with a knife on a street in Algiers.


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