We have only received word now that Archbishop Francois Gayot, former Archbishop of Cap-Haitien, Haiti died Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010 in Rome following a seizure.
In retirement for several months, Bishop Gayot represented the Catholic Church of Haiti at the meeting of the International Migration Committee. Bishop Gayot was between 1992 and 1998 President of the Episcopal Conference of Haiti.
Born in St. Louis du Nord in 1927, Francois Gayot was ordained priest in 1954. Appointed on August 1974 as Bishop of the ecclesiastical province of Cap-Haitien, he was promoted to Archbishop in 1988. François Gayot had resigned in November 4, 2003 after reaching the retirement age of 75.
We here in New York unfortunately only encountered Archbishop Gayot briefly as the celebrant of a magnificent liturgy at St. Jean Baptiste on June 11, 2010. Anyone who was present could hardly guess this was his first pontifical Traditional Mass.
Information thanks to Unavoce Malaga.
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