RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jacques Gaillot

1935 - 2023

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Jacques Gaillot (; 11 September 1935 – 12 April 2023) was a French Catholic clergyman and social activist. He was Bishop of Évreux in France from 1982 to 1995. In 1995, Pope John Paul II removed him as head of his diocese because he publicly expressed controversial and heterodox positions on religious, political, and social matters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Gaillot has received more than 64,187 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jacques Gaillot is the 2,421st most popular religious figure (down from 2,362nd in 2019), the 4,017th most popular biography from France (up from 4,107th in 2019) and the 201st most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jacques Gaillot ranks 2,421 out of 3,187Before him are Richard Hooker, Callinicus I of Constantinople, Mara Takla Haymanot, António Marto, Hotepibre, and Caterina Volpicelli. After him are Johannes Brenz, Alkmund of Derby, Kriengsak Kovitvanit, Maironis, Honorius of Canterbury, and Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Jacques Gaillot ranks 285Before him are Michael Winner, Katalin Szőke, Pjetër Arbnori, Gary Peacock, Gundi Busch, and Elisabeth Rehn. After him are Bill Brack, Hrvoje Šarinić, Paul Goma, Theodor Hoffmann, Bobby Morrow, and John Patrick Foley. Among people deceased in 2023, Jacques Gaillot ranks 372Before him are Simone Segouin, Janusz Gortat, Waldemar Victorino, Rafiq Nishonov, András Adorján, and Vera T. Sós. After him are Fiona Graham, Basil van Rooyen, Dimitrie Popescu, Alberto Mario González, Peter Simonischek, and Mario Tronti.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Gaillot ranks 4,017 out of 6,770Before him are Maurice Guigue (1912), Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau (1810), Manuel Ferrara (1975), Hélène Berr (1921), Robert Buron (1910), and Jacqueline Auriol (1917). After him are Catherine Millet (1948), Gaston Waringhien (1901), Christian Gourcuff (1955), Michel Leblond (1932), Pierre Marie (1853), and René David (1906).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Jacques Gaillot ranks 201Before him are François de Laval (1623), Nicolas Trigault (1577), Jean de Brébeuf (1593), Marie-Eugénie de Jésus (1817), Peire Cardenal (1180), and Ratramnus (800). After him are Bernard Panafieu (1931), Maurice Feltin (1883), Léon-Adolphe Amette (1850), Claude Dagens (1940), Emmanuel Célestin Suhard (1874), and Adalbero of Reims (null).