High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Paul Joseph Marie Gouyon (October 24, 1910 September 26, 2000) was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Rennes from 1964 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969. Paul Gouyon was born in Bordeaux, and studied at the University of and Seminary of Bordeaux. He also attended the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice in Paris, the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and the Catholic Institute of Paris. Gouyon was ordained to the priesthood on March 13, 1937, and finished his studies in 1939. After serving in the French Army during World War II from 1939 to 1940, he began pastoral work in Bordeaux, serving as pastor of Montussan and of Beychac (1940-1944), chaplain of the lycée Michel-Montaigne (1944-1951), and vicar general of the archdiocese. He was raised to the rank of Domestic Prelate of His Holiness on April 6, 1955.