gilbert marie michel méranville (4 february 1936) is the roman catholic archbishop emeritus of the archdiocese of fort-de-france in martinique. archbishop méranville was ordained a priest in 1959, and on 14 november 2003, he succeeded archbishop maurice rigobert marie-sainte as the metropolitan archbishop of fort-de-france. his resignation for age reasons was accepted by pope francis on saturday, 7 march 2015. that day, pope named father david macaire, o.p., prior of the dominican convent of la sainte-baume, in toulon, france, as archbishop-elect of fort-de-france. he will be consecrated and installed as archbishop at a date in the near future.