Michel Louis Coloni
Michel Louis Coloni (born August 25, 1927 in Paris , † July 6, 2016 in Tivernon ) was a French clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dijon .
Life
The Bishop of Saint-Dié , Emile-Arsène Blanchet , ordained him on April 17, 1954 as a priest of the Archdiocese of Paris .
Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop in Paris and titular bishop of Oëa on May 11, 1982 . The Archbishop of Paris , Jean-Marie Lustiger , donated him episcopal ordination on October 8 of the same year ; Co - consecrators were Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux , Bishop of Versailles , and Daniel-Joseph-Louis-Marie Pézeril , Auxiliary Bishop in Paris.
On January 30, 1989, he was appointed Bishop of Dijon . With the elevation to the archbishopric on December 16, 2002 he was appointed Archbishop of Dijon. On February 13, 2004, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation.
Individual evidence
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Jean Marie Julien Balland |
Bishop of Dijon 1989–2002 |
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Archbishop of Dijon 2002-2004 |
Roland Minnerath |
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| SURNAME | Coloni, Michel Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dijon |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 2016 |
| Place of death | Tivernon |