What is Gabriel Piroird?
[[File:Piroird.JPG|thumb|Gabriel Piroird]] '''Gabriel Jules Joseph Piroird''' (5 October 1932 – 3 April 2019) was a [[French people|French]] [[Roman Catholic]] [[bishop]]. He became a [[priest]] in 1964. He began serving as the 14th Bishop of the Roman Catholic [[Diocese]] of [[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]], [[Algeria]] on 25 March 1983. He [[retired]] on 21 November 2008. He was born in [[Lyon]]. Piroird died on 3 April 2019 in [[Écully]], [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]]. He was 86.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Catholicisme/Monde/Deces-pere-Gaby-eveque-emerite-Constantine-2019-04-08-1201014221?from_univers=lacroix|title=Décès du « père Gaby », évêque émérite de Constantine|lang=fr|date=8 April 2019|access-date=9 April 2019|author=Hoffner, Anne-Bénédicte|work=La Croix}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpiroird.html Gabriel Piroird] at Catholic-Hierarchy.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Piroird, Gabriel}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:French Roman Catholic bishops]] [[Category:People from Lyon]] {{Bio-stub}}