Dominique Lebrun

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Archbishop Domique Lebrun at his inauguration in front of Rouen Cathedral (2015)

Dominique Julien Claude Marie Lebrun (born October 10, 1957 in Rouen ) is a Roman Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Rouen and Primate of Normandy .

Life

Dominique Lebrun grew up in Rouen as the son of a city councilor. After studying law, he entered the French seminary in Rome in 1978 and continued his studies at the Institut Catholique de Paris , where he obtained a doctorate in theology . On June 9, 1984 he was ordained priest for the diocese of Saint-Denis . From 1984 to 1998 he worked as a parish pastor and youth pastor, then as a spiritual at the French seminary in Rome. In 2001 he returned to the pastoral work of the diocese of Saint-Denis, where he looked after a very large district with around 100,000 inhabitants and a high proportion of migrants.

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on June 28, 2006 Bishop of Saint-Étienne . The Archbishop of Lyon , Philippe Cardinal Barbarin , donated him episcopal ordination on September 9 of the same year ; Co - consecrators were Olivier de Berranger IdP , former bishop of Saint-Denis, and Pierre Jacques Joatton IdP, emeritus bishop of Saint-Etienne. From 2008 to 2012 Dominique Lebrun was President of the Advisory Board of RCF - Radios Chrétiennes Francophones , a French-speaking Christian radio network.

On July 10, 2015, Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Rouen . The inauguration took place on October 9 of the same year.

In the French Bishops' Conference , Archbishop Lebrun is a member of the Council for Family and Society, where he is responsible for prison and judicial pastoral care. He is also responsible for the working group “prêtres venus d'ailleurs” (priests from outside).

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Individual evidence

  1. a b c L'archevêque et ses collaborateurs. Archdiocese of Rouen (French, biography on the Archdiocese of Rouen website).;
  2. ^ Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Rouen (Francia) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , July 10, 2015, accessed July 10, 2015 (Italian).
predecessor Office successor
Jean-Charles Descubes Archbishop of Rouen
since 2015
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Pierre Jacques Joatton IdP Bishop of Saint-Étienne
2006–2015
Sylvain Bataille