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Claude Dagens
Born (1940-05-20) 20 May 1940 (age 84)
Bordeaux, France
EducationLycée Michel-Montaigne
Alma materÉcole normale supérieure
OccupationBishop
Known forMember of the Académie française

Claude Jean Pierre Dagens (French pronunciation: [klod ʒɑ̃ pjɛʁ daʒɑ̃s]; born 20 May 1940 in Bordeaux, Gironde) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of Angoulême from 1993 to 2015.

Religious life

Gagens was ordained as a Catholic priest on 4 October 1970. He served as the auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Poitiers from 1987 to 1993. He was coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Angoulême from 15 June 1993, before becoming Bishop of Angoulême on 22 December 1993. He retired on 9 November 2015, and was made Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême.

He is a specialist theologian, and was elected the twentieth member to occupy seat 1 of the Académie française in April 2008. He has written abundantly about the role of the Church in French society and its relationship with secularism.

Because of his dialogue with members of Freemasonry, he has provoked the irritation of some Traditionalist Catholics (see Catholicism and Freemasonry).

References

  1. "Bishop Claude Jean Pierre Dagens". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
  2. Un évêque chez les francs-maçons

External links

Académie française seat 1
Current members of the Académie française
  1. Dagens
  2. Laferrière
  3. vacant
  4. Marion
  5. Makine
  6. Jambet
  7. Hoffmann
  8. Rondeau
  9. Grainville
  10. Delay
  11. de Broglie
  12. Thomas
  13. Serra
  14. vacant
  15. Vitoux
  16. Gaillard
  17. Orsenna
  18. Vargas Llosa
  19. Agacinski
  20. Rinaldi
  21. Finkielkraut
  22. vacant
  23. Rosenberg
  24. Sureau
  25. Fernandez
  26. Rouart
  27. Nora
  28. Rufin
  29. Maalouf
  30. Sallenave
  31. Edwards
  32. Ory
  33. Bona
  34. Cheng
  35. Compagnon
  36. Cassin
  37. Zink
  38. Lambron
  39. Clair
  40. Darcos


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