Jacques Noyer

Jacques Noyer in Lille (2014)

Jacques Moïse Eugène Noyer (born April 17, 1927 in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage , Département Pas-de-Calais ; † June 2, 2020 ibid) was a French clergyman , theologian and Roman Catholic bishop of Amiens .

Life

Jacques Noyer was the son of a family that ran a laundry in Le Touquet. He first studied literature at the University of Lille , then philosophy and theology at the Major Seminary in Arras and from 1950 to 1952 at the Pontifical Gregorian University . He was ordained a priest on July 2, 1950 . He was a priest in Boulogne-sur-Mer and then pastor of the parish of Le Touquet-Paris-Plage. From 1952 to 1963 he was professor of philosophy at the institution Haffreingue de Boulogne-sur-Mer . From 1963 to 1970 he held the office of rector of the seminary in the diocese of Arras . He then was Episcopal Vicar for Education until 1976. From 1976 to 1987 he was dean in his hometown Le Touquet-Paris-Plage.

Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Amiens on October 31, 1987 . The episcopal consecration in the cathedral of Amiens donated the bishop of Arras, Henri Derouet , on December 13th of the same year; Co- consecrators were Jacques Ménager , Archbishop of Reims , and Gérard Huyghe , Bishop Emeritus of Arras.

As part of the Episcopal Conference of France, Noyer was president of the Episcopal Committee for Tourism and Leisure from 1994 to 2003. He was also a member of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care for Migrants and People on the Move from 1995 to 2004 .

On March 10, 2003, John Paul II accepted his resignation because of his age. Jacques Noyer died in June 2020 at the age of 93 as a result of an operation in his hometown of Le Touquet. He was a member of the Société académique du Touquet-Paris-Plage and since 1993 Knight of the Legion of Honor.

Fonts

• Quand la télévision donne la parole au public: la médiation de l'information dans l'Hebdo du Médiateur , éditions Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2009, ISBN 978-2-75740-102-6
• Médias et territoires: l'espace public entre communication et imaginaire territorial , éditions Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2013, ISBN 978-2-75740-594-9
• Dire Dieu autrement: homélies au fil de l'an , éditions Salvator, 2016, ISBN 978-2-70671-448-1
• À l'ombre du vieux noyer: libres pensées d'un cyber-évêque , éditions Médiaspaul, 2017, ISBN 978-2-71221-465-4

In collaboration with the Société académique du Touquet-Paris-Plage :

• Conférence d'une centenaire, l'église Sainte Jeanne d'Arc (mémoires de la Société académique du Touquet-Paris-Plage 2011-2013) , Imprimerie Henry 62170 Montreuil, ISSN 1273-6384
• De Cucq à Paris-Plage en passant par la Russie, itinéraire surprenant d'un enfant de Cucq, Joseph Water (1876 - 1968) (mémoires de la Société académique du Touquet-Paris-Plage 2011-2013) , Imprimerie Henry 62170 Montreuil, ISSN 1273-6384
• Comment le Touquet-Paris-Plage est devenu républicain mémoires de la Société académique du Touquet-Paris-Plage 2014-2016, Imprimerie Henry 62170 (mémoires de la Société académique du Touquet-Paris-Plage 2014-2016), Imprimerie Henry 62170 Montreuil, ISSN 1273-6384
• Le Touquet-Paris-Plage en 1944 (mémoires de la Société académique du Touquet-Paris-Plage 2014-2016) , Imprimerie Henry 62170 Montreuil, ISSN 1273-6384

Web links

Commons : Jacques Noyer  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Entry for Jacques Noyer on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Entry on Jacques Noyer on gcatholic.org (English)
• Literature by and about Jacques Noyer in the WorldCat bibliographic database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Monseigneur Jacques Noyer, ancien évêque d'Amiens, est mort" on eglise.catholique.fr of June 2, 2020, accessed on June 3, 2020 (French)
2. ↑ Pierre-André Delbecq: "Monseigneur Jacques Noyer, ancien évêque d'Amiens, est mort" , France 3 , June 2, 2020, accessed on June 3, 2020 (French)

predecessor	Office	successor
François Bussini	Bishop of Amiens 1987-2003	Jean-Luc Bouilleret