Guy-Marie Bagnard

Who is Guy-Marie Bagnard?

Monsignor Guy-Marie Bagnard, born Guy Claude Bagnard, is a French Roman Catholic bishop, titular of the Diocese of Belley-Ars, from July the 16th of 1987 to June the 15th 2012.

He was born in Montceau-les-Mines on April, the 14th of 1937. He studied at the little seminary of Rimont, at the academic Seminary of Lyon, at the Catholic Institut of Paris, and finally, at the Sorbonne University. He was graduate in Theology and in Philosophy. He was ordained to the Priesthood on June 29, 1965. Named bishop on July 16, 1987, he was consecrated on October, the 4th of the same year, by Cardinal Albert Decourtray. Recently, Guy Bagnard published "le Curé d'Ars, Portrait d'un Pasteur". It is a book which speaks about the life, the spirituality and the teaching of John Vianney.