Robert Coffy

Robert-Joseph Cardinal Coffy (born October 24, 1920 in Le Biot , France , † July 15, 1995 in Saint-Zacharie (Var) , France) was Archbishop of Marseille .

Life

Robert Coffy studied at the Seminary of Annecy the subjects philosophy and Catholic theology and received on 28 October 1944, the sacrament of Holy Orders . From 1944 to 1949 he pursued further studies in Lyon and worked temporarily as a pastor in Annecy. From 1949 he was a member of the faculty of the seminary of Annecy, which he headed from 1952 to 1956 as Regens .

From 1956 to 1967 he worked as vicar general of the Diocese of Annecy , before he was in 1967 by Pope Paul VI. was appointed Bishop of Gap . He was ordained episcopate on April 23, 1967, by Jean Sauvage , Bishop of Annecy ; Co- consecrators were André Charles Collini , Bishop of Ajaccio , and Paul-Marie François Rousset , Auxiliary Bishop in Lyon . In 1974 he became Archbishop of Albi and in 1985 Archbishop of Marseille. Pope John Paul II accepted him in 1991 as a cardinal priest with the titular church of San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort in the college of cardinals .

Robert Cardinal Coffy died on July 15, 1995 and was buried in the Cathedral of Marseille .

Web links

• Coffy, Robert. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed October 26, 2016.
• Entry on Robert Coffy on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved October 26, 2016.

predecessor	Office	successor
Georges Jacquot (fr)	Bishop of Gap 1967–1974	Pierre Bertrand Chagué
Claude Dupuy	Archbishop of Albi 1974–1985	Joseph Rabine (fr)
Roger Cardinal Etchegaray	Archbishop of Marseille 1985–1995	Bernard Cardinal Panafieu