Jean-Pierre Ricard

Jean-Pierre Cardinal Ricard (2006)

Cardinal coat of arms

Jean-Pierre Cardinal Ricard (born September 26, 1944 in Marseille ) is a French clergyman and emeritus Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bordeaux . From 2001 to 2007 he was President of the French Bishops' Conference .

Life

Ricard studied from 1965 to 1970 Catholic theology and philosophy in Paris and received on 5 October 1968 by the ore bishop of Marseille Georges Jacquot the sacrament of Holy Orders . In 1970 he became a doctor of theology doctorate and worked as parochial vicar. In 1984 he became Episcopal Vicar in Marseille-Süd, which he remained until 1988. From 1988 until his appointment as bishop he was Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Marseille .

On April 17, 1993 Pope appointed him John Paul II. To the titular of Pulcheriopolis and auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Grenoble . The Archbishop of Marseilles, Cardinal Robert Coffy , ordained him episcopal on June 6th of the same year; Co- consecrators were Louis Jean Dufaux , Bishop of Grenoble, and Jacques Fihey , Bishop of Coutances . On July 4, 1996 he was first coadjutor bishop in the diocese of Montpellier and with the resignation of Louis Antoine Marie Boffet on September 6 of the same year, his successor as bishop of this diocese . On December 21, 2001, John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Bordeaux , after he had already been elected President of the French Bishops' Conference in November of the same year, and a member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei . His term of office as President of the French Bishops' Conference ended with the election of his successor André Vingt-Trois on November 5, 2007.

Pope Benedict XVI accepted him in the consistory on March 24, 2006 as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Sant'Agostino in Campo Marzio in the college of cardinals . On October 6, 2006, he was elected Vice-President of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences for five years . Cardinal Ricard took after the resignation of Benedict XVI. participated in the 2013 conclave .

Pope Francis accepted his age-related resignation on October 1, 2019.

Act

Ricard became known, among other things, for his committed and balanced public appearance as chairman of the French Bishops' Conference during the weeks of riots and social unrest in many French cities in 2005.

2017 Jean-Pierre Cardinal Ricard was by the Cardinal - Grand Master Edwin Frederick O'Brien in the Equestrian Order of the Holy grave in Jerusalem received in the September 30, 2017 Cathedral of Bordeaux with the rank of Grand Officer invested in the Pontifical lay order.

Memberships

Jean-Pierre Cardinal Ricard is a member of the following dicasteries of the Roman Curia :

Pontifical Council for Culture (since 2009)
Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (since 2010)
Congregation for Divine Worship and the Order of the Sacraments (since 2010)

Web links

Ricard, Jean-Pierre. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed October 23, 2016.
Entry on Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on October 23, 2016.

Individual evidence

^ Nomina dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Bordeaux (Francia). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , December 21, 2001, accessed March 23, 2015 (Italian).
^ Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo di Bordeaux (Francia). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, October 1, 2019, accessed October 1, 2019 (Italian).
↑ Newsletter No. 48 , Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, autumn 2017, accessed on January 23, 2018
^ Nomine nel Pontificio Consiglio per la Promozione dell'Unità dei Cristiani. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, January 21, 2010, accessed October 1, 2019 (Italian).
^ Nomina di Membri della Congregazione per il Culto Divino e la Disciplina dei Sacramenti. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, July 6, 2010, accessed October 1, 2019 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Louis Antoine Marie Boffet	Bishop of Montpellier 1996-2001	Guy Thomazeau
Louis-Marie Cardinal Billé	President of the French Bishops' Conference 2001–2007	André Cardinal Vingt-Trois
Pierre Cardinal Eyt	Archbishop of Bordeaux 2001-2019	Jean-Paul James

personal data
SURNAME	Ricard, Jean-Pierre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ricard, Jean-Pierre Bernard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French clergyman and cardinal, Archbishop emeritus of Bordeaux
DATE OF BIRTH	September 26, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH	Marseille

[1] Nomina dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Bordeaux (Francia). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , December 21, 2001, accessed March 23, 2015 (Italian).

[2] Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo di Bordeaux (Francia). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, October 1, 2019, accessed October 1, 2019 (Italian).

[3] Newsletter No. 48 , Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, autumn 2017, accessed on January 23, 2018

[4] Nomine nel Pontificio Consiglio per la Promozione dell'Unità dei Cristiani. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, January 21, 2010, accessed October 1, 2019 (Italian).

[5] Nomina di Membri della Congregazione per il Culto Divino e la Disciplina dei Sacramenti. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, July 6, 2010, accessed October 1, 2019 (Italian).