Michel Pollien
Michel Pollien (born August 22, 1937 in Paris , † January 15, 2013 ibid) was a French clergyman and Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Paris .
Life
Michel Pollien studied at the seminar for late career workers in Morsang sur Orge and Issy les Moulineaux. He was ordained a priest on June 25, 1966 . He was vicar in Sainte-Marie des Batignolles (1966/68), in Notre-Dame-de-La-Gare and the Mission ouvrière Paris-Sud . From 1968 to 1978 he was chaplain of Catholic Action and from 1978 to 1982 pastor of Saint-Jacques-Saint-Christophe in La Villette and dean of the 19th arrondissement . After serving as episcopal vicar from 1982 to 1987, Michel Pollien was appointed vicar general (Vicariat Nord-Est / délégation à l'Apostolat des laics).
Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop in Paris and titular bishop of Pulcheriopolis on July 12, 1996 . The Archbishop of Paris, Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger , donated him episcopal ordination on August 11 of the same year; Co-consecrators were the Paris auxiliary bishops Claude Frikart CIM and Georges Pierre Soubrier PSS .
He was a member of the French Bishops' Conference , where he was a member of the Social Committee and Chairman of the Justice and Society Commission and a member of the Permanent Council and a member of the Council for Migrants and Associations of Believers.
On August 31, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI. his resignation request submitted for reasons of age. Michel Pollien died on January 15, 2013, at the age of 75 after a long illness.
Web links
- Entry on Michel Pollien on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved January 16, 2013.
- Mgr Michel Pollien, évêque auxiliaire de Paris pendant 25 ans, est mort , La Croix, January 15, 2013 (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pollien, Michel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French clergyman and Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Paris |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 2013 |
| Place of death | Paris |