Former Archbishop of Carthage, Monsignor Charles-Albert Gounot was born in Villeurbanne, Rhône, France, on January 6, 1884, and after concluding his studies at the Seminary of Lyon, was ordained to the priesthood on March 25, 1907. Shortly afterward, he entered the Congregation of the Mission of the Lazarist Fathers at the city of Dax in Southwestern France, where he successively taught philosophy and Holy Scripture.
Joining voluntarily the combat units of the Alpines during the Great War, he moved to Paris, where he taught Theology between 1918 and 1922. Named Superior of the Grand Seminary of Constantine, Algeria, and later of the Grand Seminary of Montauban, France, in 1930, aged 53, Gounot was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Carthage, Tunisia, by Pope Pius XI, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Marcianopolis on October 28, 1937, from Cardinal Jean Verdier PSS., assisted by Archbishop Clément-Emile Roques and Bishop Eli-Antoine Durand.
Following the death of Monsignor Alexis Lemaître M.Afr., Gounot succeeded to the Archbishopric of Carthage on May 16, 1939. During his episcopate, which saw the difficulties of the Second World War, that included the destruction of several of his parishes, the requisition of the major and minor seminaries by the Nazis, and the enrollment of several of his priests to the front, Archbishop Gounot, consecrated the see to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1942.
A deeply cultured, strong charactered man, Monsignor Gounot took care of the reconstruction of the Archdiocese at the end of the war, organizing along the years a number of parish unions and taking care of the poor afflicted in his territory. He also organized each year a series of conferences which enriched the cultural life of post-war Carthage.
Archbishop Gounot passed away on June 20, 1953, aged 69, and was succeeded by his auxiliary, Monsignor Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin.
Joining voluntarily the combat units of the Alpines during the Great War, he moved to Paris, where he taught Theology between 1918 and 1922. Named Superior of the Grand Seminary of Constantine, Algeria, and later of the Grand Seminary of Montauban, France, in 1930, aged 53, Gounot was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Carthage, Tunisia, by Pope Pius XI, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Marcianopolis on October 28, 1937, from Cardinal Jean Verdier PSS., assisted by Archbishop Clément-Emile Roques and Bishop Eli-Antoine Durand.
Following the death of Monsignor Alexis Lemaître M.Afr., Gounot succeeded to the Archbishopric of Carthage on May 16, 1939. During his episcopate, which saw the difficulties of the Second World War, that included the destruction of several of his parishes, the requisition of the major and minor seminaries by the Nazis, and the enrollment of several of his priests to the front, Archbishop Gounot, consecrated the see to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1942.
A deeply cultured, strong charactered man, Monsignor Gounot took care of the reconstruction of the Archdiocese at the end of the war, organizing along the years a number of parish unions and taking care of the poor afflicted in his territory. He also organized each year a series of conferences which enriched the cultural life of post-war Carthage.
Archbishop Gounot passed away on June 20, 1953, aged 69, and was succeeded by his auxiliary, Monsignor Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin.
Former Archbishop of Carthage, Monsignor Charles-Albert Gounot was born in Villeurbanne, Rhône, France, on January 6, 1884, and after concluding his studies at the Seminary of Lyon, was ordained to the priesthood on March 25, 1907. Shortly afterward, he entered the Congregation of the Mission of the Lazarist Fathers at the city of Dax in Southwestern France, where he successively taught philosophy and Holy Scripture.
Joining voluntarily the combat units of the Alpines during the Great War, he moved to Paris, where he taught Theology between 1918 and 1922. Named Superior of the Grand Seminary of Constantine, Algeria, and later of the Grand Seminary of Montauban, France, in 1930, aged 53, Gounot was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Carthage, Tunisia, by Pope Pius XI, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Marcianopolis on October 28, 1937, from Cardinal Jean Verdier PSS., assisted by Archbishop Clément-Emile Roques and Bishop Eli-Antoine Durand.
Following the death of Monsignor Alexis Lemaître M.Afr., Gounot succeeded to the Archbishopric of Carthage on May 16, 1939. During his episcopate, which saw the difficulties of the Second World War, that included the destruction of several of his parishes, the requisition of the major and minor seminaries by the Nazis, and the enrollment of several of his priests to the front, Archbishop Gounot, consecrated the see to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1942.
A deeply cultured, strong charactered man, Monsignor Gounot took care of the reconstruction of the Archdiocese at the end of the war, organizing along the years a number of parish unions and taking care of the poor afflicted in his territory. He also organized each year a series of conferences which enriched the cultural life of post-war Carthage.
Archbishop Gounot passed away on June 20, 1953, aged 69, and was succeeded by his auxiliary, Monsignor Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin.
Joining voluntarily the combat units of the Alpines during the Great War, he moved to Paris, where he taught Theology between 1918 and 1922. Named Superior of the Grand Seminary of Constantine, Algeria, and later of the Grand Seminary of Montauban, France, in 1930, aged 53, Gounot was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Carthage, Tunisia, by Pope Pius XI, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Marcianopolis on October 28, 1937, from Cardinal Jean Verdier PSS., assisted by Archbishop Clément-Emile Roques and Bishop Eli-Antoine Durand.
Following the death of Monsignor Alexis Lemaître M.Afr., Gounot succeeded to the Archbishopric of Carthage on May 16, 1939. During his episcopate, which saw the difficulties of the Second World War, that included the destruction of several of his parishes, the requisition of the major and minor seminaries by the Nazis, and the enrollment of several of his priests to the front, Archbishop Gounot, consecrated the see to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1942.
A deeply cultured, strong charactered man, Monsignor Gounot took care of the reconstruction of the Archdiocese at the end of the war, organizing along the years a number of parish unions and taking care of the poor afflicted in his territory. He also organized each year a series of conferences which enriched the cultural life of post-war Carthage.
Archbishop Gounot passed away on June 20, 1953, aged 69, and was succeeded by his auxiliary, Monsignor Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin.
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