Jean-François Arrighi

Life

Jean-François Arrighi studied Philosophy and Catholic Theology at the Institut Catholique de Paris , where he obtained a license in Catholic Theology and Canon Law . Arrighi was on June 28, 1947 in the Church of St-Joseph-des-Carmes in Paris for deacon ordained. He received on March 27, 1948 by the retired Bishop of Saint-Die , Émile Blanchet , the sacrament of Holy Orders .

From 1949 to 1954, Jean-François Arrighi worked as an economist at the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome before becoming administrator of the Pieux Établissements de la France à Rome et à Lorette Foundation . Arrighi worked for the Congregation for the Oriental Churches from 1955 to 1960 . In 1960 he became Undersecretary of the Secretariat for the Promotion of Christian Unity and in 1974 also Rector of the Church of Santissima Trinità dei Monti .

On April 17, 1985 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To the titular of Vico Equense and vice president of the Pontifical Council for the Family . The President of the Pontifical Council for the Family, Edouard Cardinal Gagnon PSS , ordained him episcopal on June 9 of the same year in the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome ; Co - consecrators were the Prefect of the Prefecture of the Papal House , Curia Bishop Jacques-Paul Martin , and the Bishop of Ajaccio , Jean-Charles Thomas . In December 1985, John Paul II appointed him a member of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.

On November 5, 1992, Pope John Paul II accepted Jean-François Arrighi's resignation due to reasons of age.

personal data
SURNAME	Arrighi, Jean-François
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Arrighi, Jean-François Mathieu (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French clergyman and Curia Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH	May 1, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vico
DATE OF DEATH	December 1, 1998
Place of death	Rome