What is Gérard-Joseph Deschamps?
'''Gérard-Joseph Deschamps''' (4 July 1929 – 25 February 2022) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[Roman Catholic]] prelate. Deschamps was born in [[Eastview, Frontenac County, Ontario|Eastview]], [[Ontario]]. He became a [[priest]] in 1954. He was [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Daru-Kiunga|Bishop of Daru]] in Papua New Guinea from 1966 until 1999. He later became [[bishop]] of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Bereina]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bishop Gérard-Joseph Deschamps|url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdesgj.html|access-date=13 June 2021|website=Catholic Hierarchy}}</ref> He resigned in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bereina (Diocese)|url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbere.html|access-date=13 June 2021|website=Catholic Hierarchy}}</ref> Deschamps died on 25 February 2022, at the age of 92.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lutto nell’episcopato |url=https://www.osservatoreromano.va/it/news/2022-02/quo-047/lutto-nell-episcopato.html |access-date=27 February 2022 |publisher=L'Osservatore Romano |date=26 February 2022}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Deschamps, Gerard-Joseph}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Canadian Roman Catholic bishops]] [[Category:People from Ontario]] {{bio-stub}}