What is Hippolyte Simon?
[[File:Monseigneur Hippolyte Simon - RN-CGE-2009 - 2 (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Hippolyte Simon''' (25 February 1944 – 25 August 2020) was a French [[Roman Catholic]] archbishop. He was Bishop of Clermont from 1996 to 2002 before becoming [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Clermont|Archbishop]], serving until 2016. He was Vice-President of the [[Bishops' Conference of France]] from 2007 to 2013. He was born in [[Saint-Georges-de-Rouelley]], [[France]]. Simon died on 25 August 2020 in [[Caen]], France at the age of 76.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lamontagne.fr/clermont-ferrand-63000/actualites/hippolyte-simon-eveque-et-archeveque-de-clermont-ferrand-pendant-vingt-ans-est-decede-a-76-ans_13827696/|title=Hippolyte Simon, évêque et archevêque de Clermont-Ferrand pendant vingt ans, est décédé à 76 ans|date=25 August 2020|work=La Montagne|language=French}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Simon, Hippolyte}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:French Roman Catholic archbishops]] {{bio-stub}}