{{Short description|French bishop (1936–2020)}} '''Philippe Louis Jean Breton''' (14 November 1936 – 29 April 2020) was a French Roman Catholic bishop.
==Biography== Breton was born in Rouen, France. After completing his studies at the Institut Catholique de Paris, he was ordained to the priesthood on 22 December 1966.<ref name=vatbio/>
Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Aire et Dax, France, on 18 June 2002.<ref name=vatbio>{{cite press release | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2002/06/18/0318/01005.html | language = it | access-date = 10 May 2020 | date= 18 June 2002| title= Rinunce e Nomine, 18.06.2002| publisher = Holy See Press Office}}</ref> He received his episcopal consecration on 29 September 2002 from Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger.
On 19 June 2011, Breton alongside Cardinal Angelo Amato proclaimed the beatification of Blessed Marguerite Rutan, a French nun who was martyred by guillotine in Dax during the Reign of Terror.<ref name="francebleu">{{cite news |last1=Mosnier |first1=Valérie |title=Landes : le décès de Mgr Philippe Breton, ancien évêque d'Aire et Dax |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/landes-le-deces-de-mgr-philippe-breton-ancien-eveque-d-aire-et-dax-1588181419 |accessdate=1 May 2020 |language= fr|work=France Bleu |date=29 April 2020}}</ref>
Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation on 24 January 2012.<ref>{{cite press release | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2012/01/24/0041/00090.html | language = it | access-date = 10 May 2020 | date= 24 January 2012 | title= Rinunce e Nomine, 24.01.2012| publisher = Holy See Press Office}}</ref>
Breton died in Paris on 29 April 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France his funeral will be live-streamed on the Diocese of Aire et Dax website.<ref name="francebleu"></ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Breton, Phillippe}} Category:1936 births Category:2020 deaths Category:Clergy from Rouen Category:21st-century French Roman Catholic bishops
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