Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan
Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan (* the 30th August 1960 in Dax ) is a from France originating titular bishop of the Roman Catholic Church . He is the administrator of the Apostolic Administration of Estonia in Tallinn .
Life
Philippe Jourdan studied mathematics and engineering at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris . During this time he joined the personal prelature Opus Dei . The Archbishop of Boston Bernard Francis Cardinal Law ordained him a priest on August 20, 1988 . In 1996 he became Vicar General of the Apostolic Administration of Estonia in Tallinn and Parish Vicar at the seat of the Administration of St. Peter and Paul .
On April 1, 2005, Pope John Paul II appointed him Titular Bishop of Pertusa and Apostolic Administrator of Estonia . He was ordained bishop by the Apostolic Nuncio in Lithuania , Estonia and Latvia and his predecessor as Apostolic Administrator, Archbishop Peter Zurbriggen , on September 10 of the same year; Co- consecrators were Javier Echevarría , Prelate of Opus Dei, and Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz , Archbishop of Moscow . After the ordination of the later martyr Eduard Profittlich SJ in 1936, it was the second Catholic episcopal ordination in Estonia since the Reformation and the first since the Second World War. Since the St. Peter and Paul Church was too small for the number of participants, the Baptist congregation provided hospitality in St. Olavs Church .
In addition to his mother tongue, Jourdan is fluent in Estonian, Russian, English, Italian, Spanish and German. His episcopal motto is Omnes cum Petro ad Iesum per Mariam - "All with Peter to Jesus through Mary".
Awards
- 2006 Order of the White Star , 3rd class
Web links
- Entry on Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Information on the website of Opus Dei
Individual evidence
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Zurbriggen |
Apostolic Administrator of Estonia since 2005 |
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jourdan, Philippe Jean-Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French priest and apostolic administrator of Estonia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dax |