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 |
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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 |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Coffy, Robert |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Coffy, Cardinal Robert-Joseph (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French cardinal and archbishop of Marseilles |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1920 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Le Biot , France |
DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1995 |
Place of death | Saint-Zacharie |