Jump to content

Gérard Bessière

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gérard Bessière
Born(1928-01-27)27 January 1928
Luzech, France[1]
Died8 December 2024(2024-12-08) (aged 96)
EducationInstitut Catholique de Paris
Occupation(s)Priest, writer, journalist

Gérard Bessière (French: [ʒeʁaʁ bɛsjɛʁ]; 27 January 1928 – 8 December 2024) was a French diarist, poet, priest of the Diocese of Cahors, onetime national chaplain for the teaching staff of university parish, journalist of the weekly magazine La Vie,[2][3] and author of numerous books on spirituality. He retired to a village in Lot.[4]

Life and career

[edit]

Bessière was born in Luzech, Lot, in south-western France. His studies took place at the seminaries in Gourdon, in Cahors and the Institut Catholique de Paris.[1] After studying theology, philosophy, exegesis and Biblical languages, he obtained a Philosophy Degree at the Sorbonne University, and was occupied for a long time with clergy training in the department of Lot.[5] He collaborated with the publishing house Éditions du Cerf, for which he created the collection Jésus depuis Jésus. Together with Hyacinthe Vulliez he founded the magazine Notre Histoire.[6] He made headlines in 2009 by excommunicating the pope.[4][7]

Bessière was particularly interested in research on Jesus; he published several works at Éditions du Cerf, including Jésus est devant, Jésus insaisissable, Dieu est bien jeune, Le feu qui rafraîchit; and a richly illustrated monograph Jésus : Le dieu inattendu, published in the collection "Découvertes Gallimard".

Bessière died on 8 December 2024, at the age of 96.[8]

Selected publications

[edit]
  • Where is the Pope?, 1974
  • Jesus Ahead, Burns and Oates, 1977
  • Alors Jésus s'assit et dit…, collection « Contes du Ciel et de la Terre ». Gallimard Jeunesse, 1993
    • Jesus Sat Down and Said…, Creative Education, 1997
  • Jésus : Le dieu inattendu, collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 170), série Religions. Éditions Gallimard, 1993.
  • With Francesco Chiovaro, Urbi et Orbi : Deux mille ans de papauté, collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 269), série Religions. Éditions Gallimard, 1995.
  • With Hyacinthe Vulliez, Frère François : Le saint d'Assise, collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 354), série Religions. Éditions Gallimard, 1998.
  • " L'Enfant hérétique ", 2004. Edition Albin Michel.
  • " Jésus est à tout le monde " 2009. Edition Les Amis de Crespiat.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Gérard Bessière, prêtre et écrivain quercynois". actu.fr (in French). 20 September 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  2. ^ Schwartz, Arnaud (16 April 2014). "Le retour sur foi de Gérard Bessière". La Croix (in French). Bayard Presse. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Gérard Bessière (Babelio)". babelio.com (in French). Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Auteur : Gérard Bessière". laprocure.com (in French). Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  5. ^ Chiovaro, Francesco; Bessière, Gérard (1997). Urbi et orbi, dos mil años de papado. Collection "Biblioteca de bolsillo CLAVES" (in Spanish). Vol. 3. Translated by Latorre, Margarita. Barcelona: Ediciones B. p. on front flap. ISBN 978-8-4406-7706-8. About the author
  6. ^ Bessière, Gérard (1999). Jesús, el dios inesperado. Collection "Biblioteca de bolsillo CLAVES" (in Spanish). Vol. 29. Translated by Tros de Ilarduya, Sofía. Barcelona: Ediciones B. p. on front flap. ISBN 978-8-4406-9281-8. About the author
  7. ^ Fabre, Jean-Michel (14 March 2009). "Luzech. Le père Bessière a excommunié le pape !". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). Toulouse. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Décès de l'abbé Gérard Bessière". cahors.catholique.fr (in French). Diocèse de Cahors. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
[edit]


This article about a French writer of non-fiction is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://wiki.eso.workers.dev/w/index.php?title=Gérard_Bessière&oldid=1262290444"