Jean Legrez
Jean-Marie-Henri Legrez OP (born May 29, 1948 in Paris ) is a French religious and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Albi .
Life
Legrez studied first at the University of Nanterre , later philosophy at the University of Strasbourg . He studied theology in the Dominican convents in Paris and Toulouse and made his profession in 1968 . Jean Legrez received on 27 June 1976, the sacrament of holy orders and was initially around Toulouse vicar , later in Aix-en-Provence and Avignon . In 1983 he became prior of the Dominican Convention of Lyon and was in charge of the parish of Saint-Nizier . In 1996 he was admitted to the convent of Saint-Lazare in Marseille , where he was Deputy Prior from 1997 to 2001 and Prior from 2001 to 2005.
Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Saint-Claude on August 22, 2005 . The Archbishop of Besançon , André Lacrampe IdP , donated him episcopal ordination on October 23 of the same year . Co- consecrators were the Archbishop of Sens , Yves Patenôtre , and the Bishop of Thiès , Jacques Sarr . As a motto he chose Gaudium de veritate .
Since 2007 he has been a member of the Commission for the Liturgy of the French Bishops' Conference .
On February 2, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him. to the Archbishop of Albi. The inauguration took place on April 3 of the same year.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Yves Patenôtre |
Bishop of Saint-Claude 2005–2011 |
Vincent Jordy |
| Pierre-Marie Carré |
Archbishop of Albi since 2011 |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Legrez, Jean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Legrez, Jean-Marie-Henri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French clergyman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Albi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris , France |