Jean-Marie Lustiger

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Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger

Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger [ ˈʒɑ̃ maʀi lystiˈʒe ], maiden name Aron Lustiger (born September 17, 1926 in Paris ; † August 5, 2007 ibid), was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Paris .

Life

Lustiger was the child of Polish Jews who emigrated to France at the beginning of the 20th century . During the German occupation of France in World War II , his parents were deported , and his mother was killed in 1943 in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Lustiger survived after being taken in by a family in Orléans . Here he converted to Catholicism and was baptized on August 25, 1940 in the chapel of the bishop's residence, where he became pastor twenty years later . He was a cousin of the writer and historian Arno Lustiger .

He studied at the Lycée Montaigne in Paris, then in Orléans and later at the Sorbonne . In his academic years he was active in the Christian student community . After working a year as a mechanic in Decazeville in the Aveyron département in southwestern France, he entered the Carmelite Seminary in Paris. He completed his theology studies at the Catholic Institute in Paris and obtained a licentiate in exegesis and philosophy from the Sorbonne. He was ordained a priest on April 17, 1954 . After his ordination he was university chaplain for 15 years at the Sorbonne and the great French elite schools. As a student chaplain, he worked at the Richelieu Center in Spiritual Renewal. As a tour guide, he accompanied many trips to Rome , Chartres and the Holy Land .

In 1969 he became pastor of the parish of Sainte-Jeanne de Chantal in Paris. His sermons were so valued that some of them appeared in book form.

On November 10, 1979, Pope John Paul II named Lustiger Bishop of Orléans . The episcopal ordination took place on December 18, 1979 by the Archbishop of Paris François Cardinal Marty , co-consecrators were Eugène Ernoult , Archbishop of Sens , and Daniel Pézeril , Auxiliary Bishop in Paris; The Apostolic Nuncio Angelo Felici and 17 other bishops were also present .

Archbishop of Paris

Jean Marie Lustiger (1988)

On February 2, 1981, he succeeded Cardinal Marty as Archbishop of Paris. Since then he has been one of the spokesmen for French Catholicism. So he organized protest rallies against the school reform planned by the socialist education minister Alain Savary , which endangered the existence of the (usually Catholic) private schools. He was committed to the reconciliation between Jews and Christians and, together with fellow cardinals such as Albert Decourtray, vigorously opposed the attempt to build a Carmelite convent on the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp .

Admission to the College of Cardinals as cardinal priest with the titular church Santi Marcellino e Pietro took place during the consistory on February 2, 1983 by Pope John Paul II. In 1994 he was given the titular church of San Luigi dei Francesi , which is consecrated to Saint Louis of France . As a constant advocate of human rights , Lustiger said on the occasion of his appointment as cardinal that he saw this dignity more as a responsibility than as an honor, since it meant even more “the bearing of the burden of the universal Church”.

In 1995, Cardinal Lustiger was elected to succeed Albert Decourtray on armchair 4 of the Académie française .

On February 11, 2005, Jean-Marie Lustiger resigned from the Archdiocese of Paris for reasons of age and illness. Pope John Paul II appointed André Armand Vingt-Trois, Archbishop of Tours, to be his successor .

Lustiger took part in the 2005 conclave that Benedict XVI. elected to the Pope.

Cardinal Lustiger died on August 5, 2007 in a Paris hospital after a long and serious illness. The exequies were celebrated on August 10th in Notre Dame de Paris cathedral by Archbishop André Vingt-Trois . According to the last will of the deceased, some soil from Israel was scattered on his grave before entering the cathedral and the Catholic liturgy. Two Jewish members of his family then recited Psalm 113 in Hebrew and the Kaddish , the Jewish prayer for the dead. This symbolized his hope to see Judaism and Christianity united “side by side,” as he said, rooted in the same belief in the one God and in the hope of the coming of the Messiah .

He wrote the text of his memorial plaque in the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris himself:

Je suis né juif. J'ai reçu le nom de mon grand-père paternel, Aron. Devenu chrétien par la foi et le baptême, je suis demeuré juif comme le demeuraient les Apôtres. J'ai pour saints patrons Aron le Grand Prêtre, saint Jean l'Apôtre, sainte Marie pleine de grâce. Nommé 139e archevêque de Paris par Sa Sainteté le pape Jean-Paul II, j'ai été intronisé dans cette cathédrale le 27 février 1981, puis j'y ai exercé tout mon ministère. Passers-by, price pour moi.
+ Aron Jean-Marie cardinal Lustiger, Archevêque de Paris

“I was born a Jew. I bear the name of my paternal grandfather, Aron. I became a Christian through faith and baptism, after all I remained a Jew, just as the apostles remained. My holy patrons are the high priest Aron , the holy apostle John , the holy Mary full of grace. Appointed 139th Archbishop of Paris by HH Pope John Paul II, I was enthroned in this cathedral on February 27, 1981 and have performed all my ministry here. Whoever passes here may pray for me. "

- Cardinal Aron Jean-Marie Lustiger, Archbishop of Paris.

Offices at the Roman Curia

Jean-Marie Lustiger was a member of the following congregations of the Roman Curia :

filming

The director Ilan Duran Cohen made the film Le Métis de Dieu ( The Jewish Cardinal ) in 2013 with Laurent Lucas in the role of Jean-Marie Lustiger.

honors and awards

Rejections

Posthumously

  • Monument "Aron Jean-Marie Lustiger" in the gardens of the Benedictine Abbey of Abu Gosh (2013)

Literature and web links

Commons : Jean-Marie Lustiger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Lustiger, Jean-Marie. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website , English)
  2. ^ ORF : Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger turns 80 on September 15, 2006
  3. ↑ The Jewish Cardinal. Moviepilot.de, accessed on April 18, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Klaus P. Prem: “Renowned theologian and exemplary Christian” , obituary of the University of Augsburg, August 6, 2007
  5. ↑ "Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger has received the highest distinction in the French capital" , KirchenZeitung in the network of the Diocese of Linz, March 16, 2006
  6. ^ Caroline Pigozzi: La résurrection du cardinal Lustiger , Paris Match , May 12, 2012 (French)
  7. ↑ Speech by the Patriarch on the occasion of the inauguration of the “Funniest” monument in Abu Gosh , Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem , October 23, 2013
predecessor Office successor
Guy-Marie-Joseph Riobé Bishop of Orléans
1979–1981 		René Lucien Picandet (fr)
François Cardinal Marty Archbishop of Paris
1981-2005 		André Cardinal Vingt-Trois
personal data
SURNAME Funnier, Jean-Marie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jolly, Jean-Marie Cardinal; Funny, Aron (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French clergyman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Paris
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH August 5, 2007
Place of death Paris