Gabriel Vanel

Gabriel Marie Étienne Vanel (12 January 1925 – 1 March 2013) was the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Auch, France.

Gabriel Vanel
Archbishop Emeritus of Auch
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Archdiocese of Auch
Predecessor	Maurice Rigaud
Successor	Maurice Fréchard
Orders
Ordination	29 June 1949
Consecration	13 June 1970 by Jean Badré
Personal details
Born	(1925-01-12)12 January 1925 Ampuis, France
Died	1 March 2013(2013-03-01) (aged 88) Toulouse, France

Ordained to the priesthood in 1949, Vanel was named bishop in 1970 and resigned in 1996.^[1]