Philippe Barbarin

Philippe Xavier Ignace Barbarin , born the October 17th 1950 with Rabat (Morocco) is an archbishop and cardinal French.

He belongs to a phratry of 11 (6 girls including 3 nuns, 5 wire of which the cardinal and a doctor); the father is deceased, the mother (Yvonne Roque), octogenarian, always saw; it was ordered priest the December 17th 1977 in Alfortville for the diocese of Creteil. It was named and ordered bishop of Moulins in October 1998. Archbishop of Lyon since 2002, it is also cardinal-priest title of the Trinity-of-Mounts since the October 21st 2003. It was sometimes quoted like Papabile for the Conclave of 2005.

Episcopal currency

That they are one (Jean 17,22) and, am to You me (Jean 21,22). Respectively, its currencies of archbishop of Lyon and cardinal.

Responsibilities

Member of the doctrinal Commission of the bishops of France
Member of the Congregation for the divine worship and the discipline of the sacraments
Member of the Congregation for the institutes of consecrated life and the companies of apostolic life

Studies

University of Paris-Sorbonne; catholic Institute of Paris; seminar of the Carmelite friars.
Control of Philosophy. (Paris IV)
Control of Theology (catholic Institute of Paris).

Ministries

Vicar and chaplain of the college with Vincennes (December 17th 1977 - 1985);
Chaplain of the College Marcellin Berthelot with Saint-Maur-of-Ditches and parochial vicar with the church St-Hilaire-of-the-Game preserve (1985 - 1991);
Cleaned with Boissy-Saint-Leger and chaplain of college (1991 - 1994);
Deputy diocesan with oecumenism (1990 - 1994);
Priest Fidei donum with Madagascar;
Professor of Theology and trainer with large the Seminar of Fianarantsoa (1994 - 1998);
Cleaned Bry-sur-Marne (1998);
Bishop of Mills (October 1st 1998 - 2002).
Archbishop of Lyon, primacy of Gaules (since the July 16th 2002).
Created cardinal by Jean-Paul II the October 21st 2003, with the title presbytéral of Trinity-of-Mounts ( Santissima Trinità Al Assembles Pincio ).

Cardinal-archbishop of Lyon and Primat of Gaules, the Barbarin cardinal blesses every year the Lyons city at the time of the renewal of the wish of the Aldermen, on September 8th, pronounced by his predecessors since 1643 in the honor of the Virgin Mary which protected formerly Lyon from the epidemic of plague. The archbishop sees himself giving by the mayor one ecu of gold and a candle, as a sign of recognition in Notre-Dame de Fourvière. He blesses then the city since the balcony of the basilica with the Blessed Sacrament. Three blows of gun are drawn at the time from the blessing.

Sources

http://www.cef.fr/catho/personnalites/barbarin.php

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