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Alphonse Georger

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Alphonse Georger
Bishop emeritus, Roman Catholic Diocese of Oran
ChurchRoman Catholic
SeeOran
Appointed1998
Term ended2012
PredecessorPierre Claverie
SuccessorJean-Paul Vesco
Orders
Ordination1965
Personal details
Born(1936-05-25)25 May 1936
NationalityFrench
DenominationRoman Catholic

Alphonse Georger (born 25 May 1936 in Sarreguemines, Moselle) is a French and Algerian Catholic bishop and an Emeritus Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oran in Algeria since December 2012.

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Alphonse Georger was ordained priest Catholic priest on 29 June 1965 in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Algiers. He got Algerian nationality in 1977.[1]

Georger was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oran on 10 July 1998 by Pope John Paul II and he was consecrated to the episcopate on 16 August 1998 by Archbishop Joseph Duval, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen.

Retiring on grounds of age in 2012, his successor, the Dominican Jean-Paul Vesco, was appointed on 1 December 2012 and was ordained bishop on 25 January 2012.[2] Monsignor Georger accordingly became an emeritus bishop.

Publications

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  • A seminarian Journal in Algeria, 1960-1962, Cana, 2003.

References

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  1. ^ "Église Catholique d'Algérie - DIOCESE_ORA_EVEQUE". Archived from the original on 2013-07-04. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
  2. ^ "Bishop Alphonse Émile Georger". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
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