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{{Short description|Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox Christian leader
| name = Jean-Baptiste Gourion
| image =
| title = [[Auxiliary Bishop]] of [[Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem]]
| alt = ▼
| image = Dom Grammont église.jpg
| caption =
▲| alt =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|10|24}}
| caption = Dom Paul Grammont and Brother Jean-Baptiste Gourion at his right
| birth_place = [[Oran]], [[Algeria]]▼
| death_date birth_date = {{deathBirth date and age|2005|06|23|1934|10|24|df=y}}
▲| birth_place = [[Oran]], [[French Algeria]]
| death_place = ▼
| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|06|23|1934|10|24|df=y}}
| nationality = french▼
▲| death_place = [[Jerusalem]]
▲| nationality = french[[France|French]]
| other_names =
| known_for =
| occupation =
| church = [[Catholic Church]]
| appointed = [[Bishop]] of [[Lydda]]
| predecessor =
| other_post = Former Patriarchal [[Vicar]] of [[Hebrew catholics|Hebrew-speaking catholics in Israel]]
| ordination = 29 June 1967
| ordained_by =
| consecration = 9 November 2003
| consecrated_by = [[Patriarch]] [[Michel Sabbah]]
| rank = Bishop
| previous_post =
| coat_of_arms = Armoiries_de_Jean-Baptiste_Gourion.jpg
| motto = In Jerusalem Consolabimini
| honorific_prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend
| honorific_suffix = OSB Oliv.
}}
'''Jean-Baptiste Gourion''', [[Order of Saint BenedictOlivetans|O.S.B. Oliv.]] (24 October 1934- – 23 June 2005) was a French Jewish-born[[Catholic]] [[Benedictine]] [[monk]] andwho auxiliaryserved bishopas an [[Auxiliary Bishop]] of the [[Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem]] from 2003 until his death in 2005.▼
 
==Biography==
▲'''Jean-Baptiste Gourion''', [[Order of Saint Benedict|O.S.B.]] (1934-2005) was a French Jewish-born [[Benedictine]] monk and auxiliary bishop from 2003 until his death.
Gourion was born on October 24,in 1934 in [[Oran]], [[Algeria]], to a Jewish family, when itAlgeria was a [[France|French]] colony. When studying [[medicine]] in [[France]], he decided to enterenlist in the [[French Army]] during the [[Algerian War]]. ▼
 
▲Gourion was born on October 24, 1934 in [[Oran]], [[Algeria]], when it was a [[France|French]] colony. When studying medicine in [[France]], he decided to enter in French Army during the Algerian War.
Gourion converted from [[Judaism]] to the [[RomanCatholic CatholicismChurch]] in [[1958]]. In [[1961]], he entered a Benedictine Monastery, and in [[1967]], he was ordained[[ordain]]ed a [[priest]].<ref name="list1">▼
 
▲Gourion converted from [[Judaism]] to [[Roman Catholicism]] in [[1958]]. In [[1961]], he entered a Benedictine Monastery and in [[1967]], he was ordained a [[priest]]<ref name="list1">
{{Cite web
| title = The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church -– Bishop Jean-Baptiste Gourion, O.S.B.
| url = http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgour.html
Father}}</ref> Gourion came to [[Israel]] in [[1976]] with two moreother monks in order to rebuild the old [[monastery that was]] in [[Abu Ghosh|Abu Gosh]] and in [[1999]] was named abbot of theits [[monasteryabbot]].<ref name="list2">▼
}} </ref>.
▲Father Gourion came to [[Israel]] in [[1976]] with two more monks to rebuild the old monastery that was in Abu Gosh and in [[1999]] was named abbot of the [[monastery]]<ref name="list2">
{{Cite web
| title = Association of Hebrew Catholics -– Interview with Bishop Jean-Baptiste Gourion, O.S.B.
| url = http://hebrewcatholic.org/HCLives/Gourion-Bishop-Jean-Baptiste/shortinterviewwi.html
}} </ref>.
 
In [[2003]], Gourion was nominated Auxiliary [[Auxiliary Bishop]] of the [[Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem]] by [[Pope John Paul II]]. In the same year he was also appointed to the titular [[see of Lydda]].<ref name="list1" /><ref>
{{Cite web
| title = Association of Hebrew Catholics -– Hebrew Catholic Bishops of Jerusalem
| url = http://hebrewcatholic.org/HCLives/Sholl-Andrew/hebrewcatholicbi.html
}} </ref>. His mission consistednotably toincluded care of [[Hebrew Catholics]]' spiritual necessities.
 
He died on June 23, June 2005 at the age of 70.
 
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[[Category:People of the Algerian War]]
[[Category:Israeli people of Algerian-Jewish descent]]
[[Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Israel]]
 
 
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