Philippe Breton

Philippe Jean Louis Breton (born November 14, 1936 in Rouen , † April 29, 2020 in Paris ) was a French clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Aire and Dax .

Life

Philippe Breton studied medicine and natural sciences at the Sorbonne, where he graduated with a degree in natural sciences. He then entered the seminary of the Institut Catholique de Paris . After his theological studies, he was ordained a priest on December 22, 1966 and was incardinated in the clergy of the Archdiocese of Paris .

He was prefect at the Collège Notre-Dame-de-Sainte-Croix in Neuilly-sur-Seine (1967–1979) and then head of the Saint-Jean de Passy school in Paris (1979–1986). From 1987 to 1992 he was pastor of Saint-Ferdinand des Ternes . He returned to Catholic education as diocese of the Diocese of Paris before becoming regional delegate for Catholic education in Île-de-France from 1992 to 1999. From 1999 to 2002 he took over the parish of Saint-Honoré-d'Eylau in Paris.

Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Aire and Dax on June 18, 2002. The Archbishop of Paris , Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger , gave him episcopal ordination on September 29th of the same year; Co - consecrators were Jean-Pierre Ricard , Archbishop of Bordeaux , and Robert Pierre Sarrabère , Bishop Emeritus of Aire and Dax. In the French Bishops' Conference he was a member of the Commission for Liturgy and Sacramental Pastoral. Pope Benedict XVI accepted Breton's age-related resignation on January 24, 2012.

Philippe Breton was committed to the beatification of Marguerite Rutan .

Web links

• Entry on Philippe Breton on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Entry on Philippe Breton on gcatholic.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Valérie Mosnier, France Bleu Gascogne: "Landes: le décès de Mgr Philippe Breton, ancien évêque d'Aire et Dax" on francebleu.fr of April 30, 2020 (French)

predecessor	Office	successor
Robert Pierre Sarrabère	Bishop of Aire and Dax 2002–2012	Hervé Gaschignard