Raymond Séguy (8 December 1929 – 21 March 2022) was a French

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. Séguy was born in

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and was ordained to the priesthood in 1954. He served as bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Gap The Diocese of Gap and Embrun (Latin: ''Dioecesis Vapincensis et Ebrodunensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Gap et d'Embrun'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of South ...

from 1981 to 1987 and as bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Autun The Roman Catholic Diocese of Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny) (Latin: ''Dioecesis Augustodunensis (–Cabillonensis–Matisconensis–Cluniacensis)''; French: ''Diocèse d'Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny)''), more simply ...

, from 1987 until his retirement in 2006.Raymond Gaston Joseph Seguy
/ref> He died on 21 March 2022 at the age of 92.

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1929 births 2022 deaths Bishops of Gap Bishops of Autun Pontifical Gregorian University alumni 20th-century French Roman Catholic bishops 21st-century French Roman Catholic bishops {{France-RC-bishop-stub