Gourion JeanBaptiste

French Jewish-born Benedictine monk and auxiliary bishop from 2003 until his death. Gourion converted from Judaism to Roman Catholicism in 1958. In 1961, he entered a Benedictine Monastery and in 1967, he was ordained a priest. Father Gourion came to Israel in 1976 with two other monks in order to rebuild the old monastery that was in Abu Gosh and in 1999 was named abbot of the monastery. In 2003, Gourion was nominated Auxiliary Bishop of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem by Pope John Paul II. In the same year he was also appointed the titular see of Lydda. His mission consisted to care of Hebrew Catholics spiritual necessities. He died on 23 June 2005. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less