Jacques Gaillot
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. These views earned Gaillot the popular nickname "the Red Cleric."
His Excellency Jacques Gaillot | |
|---|---|
| Titular Bishop of Parthenia | |
Gaillot in 2007 | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| See | Partenia |
| In office | 1995–2023 |
| Predecessor | José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán |
| Successor | Vacant |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 18 March 1961 |
| Consecration | 20 June 1982 by Léon Aimé Taverdet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 September 1935 Saint-Dizier, France |
| Died | 12 April 2023 (aged 87) Paris, France |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Évreux |
| Styles of Jacques Gaillot | |
|---|---|
| Reference style | The Right Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
From 1995, Gaillot was bishop of the titular see of Parthenia. His online ministry to dissidents in the Catholic Church under the name Partenia has since been described as the Catholic Church's first virtual diocese.
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