Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath

French priest

Date of Birth: 04-Jun-1924

Place of Birth: Papeete, French Polynesia, France

Date of Death: 16-Aug-2008

Profession: Catholic priest, French Resistance fighter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Monsignor Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath (4 June 1924 – 16 August 2008) was the Tahitian Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Papeete in French Polynesia for 26 years from 1973 until 1999.
Coppenrath served as the Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Papeete from 1999 until his death in 2008.
Coppenrath was the first Tahitian-born Catholic bishop of French Polynesia.