Albert-Marie de Monléon

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Albert-Marie Joseph Cyrille de Monléon OP (born January 20, 1937 in Paris , France , † April 29, 2019 ) was a French religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Meaux .

Life

Albert-Marie de Monléon was born in Paris in 1937. His father Jacques de Monléon was a philosophy professor at the Institut Catholique de Paris and at the Laval University in Québec . In 1957 he entered the Dominican Order in France and made his first profession on September 29, 1958 . He studied Catholic theology in France and the USA and completed his studies with a licentiate . On July 5, 1964, he was ordained a priest . From 1974 to 1988 he was theological and spiritual guide of the newly founded Emmanuel Community ; from 1982 to 1988 also the first person in charge of priests and seminarians within the community.

Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Pamiers on August 5, 1988 . The episcopal ordination received his Archbishop André Collini of Toulouse on 1 October of that year. Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Limoges , Léon Soulier , and the Bishop of Metz , Pierre Raffin OP. On August 17, 1999 he was appointed Bishop of Meaux by John Paul II. He was a member of the Faith Commission of the French Bishops' Conference .

On August 9, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI. the resignation submitted by Albert-Marie de Monléon for reasons of age.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Décès de Mgr Albert-Marie de Monléon, op, évêque émérite de Meaux. eglise.catholique.fr, April 30, 2019, accessed on April 30, 2019 (French).
predecessor Office successor
Léon Soulier Bishop of Pamiers
1988–1999 		Marcel Perrier
Louis Cornet Bishop of Meaux
1999–2012 		Jean-Yves Nahmias
personal data
SURNAME Monléon, Albert-Marie de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Monléon, Albert-Marie Joseph Cyrille de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French religious, Roman Catholic Bishop of Meaux
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 2019