Roman Catholic Cardinal. A deeply pious man, Bordeaux born Louis-Jean-Frédéric Guyot frequented the local university before entering the city's seminary, later heading to Rome to further his studies at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Ordained priest in Bordeaux on June 29, 1932, he rendered pastoral ministry in his archdiocese, serving among others as archdiocesan chaplain of the Catholic Youth Organization and vicar general of between 1944 and 1949. Founding the seminary of Saint-Maurice for late vocations, Pope Pius XII elected him coadjutor of the diocese of Coutances with right of succession, on March 18, 1949, receiving his episcopal consecration with the titular see of Elenopoli di Palestina on the following May 4 inside the metropolitan cathedral of Bordeaux from Cardinal Maurice Feltin. Succeeding to the see of Coutances on April 8, 1950 upon the demise of Msgr. Théophile-Marie Louvard, he went on to be promoted to the metropolitan see of Toulouse on April 28, 1966, with Pope Paul VI creating him cardinal priest in the consistory of March 5, 1973 with the title of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura. Resigning the pastoral government of his see on November 16, 1978, Guyot spent his remaining years in his native Bordeaux, passing away there almost a decade later on August 1, 1988. His remains lie buried beside the main altar of the metropolitan cathedral of Toulouse in the same vault alongside his successor, Msgr. André Collini.
Roman Catholic Cardinal. A deeply pious man, Bordeaux born Louis-Jean-Frédéric Guyot frequented the local university before entering the city's seminary, later heading to Rome to further his studies at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Ordained priest in Bordeaux on June 29, 1932, he rendered pastoral ministry in his archdiocese, serving among others as archdiocesan chaplain of the Catholic Youth Organization and vicar general of between 1944 and 1949. Founding the seminary of Saint-Maurice for late vocations, Pope Pius XII elected him coadjutor of the diocese of Coutances with right of succession, on March 18, 1949, receiving his episcopal consecration with the titular see of Elenopoli di Palestina on the following May 4 inside the metropolitan cathedral of Bordeaux from Cardinal Maurice Feltin. Succeeding to the see of Coutances on April 8, 1950 upon the demise of Msgr. Théophile-Marie Louvard, he went on to be promoted to the metropolitan see of Toulouse on April 28, 1966, with Pope Paul VI creating him cardinal priest in the consistory of March 5, 1973 with the title of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura. Resigning the pastoral government of his see on November 16, 1978, Guyot spent his remaining years in his native Bordeaux, passing away there almost a decade later on August 1, 1988. His remains lie buried beside the main altar of the metropolitan cathedral of Toulouse in the same vault alongside his successor, Msgr. André Collini.
Bio by: Eman Bonnici
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Cardinal Jean GUYOT
1905 - 1988
Archevêque de Toulouse
1966 - 1978
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