Conférence des évêques de France
Encyclopedia
The Bishops' Conference of France (CEF) is the national episcopal conference
of the Roman
Catholic bishops
of France
.
Episcopal Conference
In the Roman Catholic Church, an Episcopal Conference, Conference of Bishops, or National Conference of Bishops is an official assembly of all the bishops of a given territory...
of the Roman
Roman Catholic (term)
The term Roman Catholic appeared in the English language at the beginning of the 17th century, to differentiate specific groups of Christians in communion with the Pope from others; comparable terms in other languages already existed...
Catholic bishops
Bishop (Catholic Church)
In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders and is responsible for teaching the Catholic faith and ruling the Church....
of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Presidents
- 1945 - 1948: Emmanuel SuhardEmmanuel Célestin SuhardEmmanuel Célestin Suhard was a French Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Paris from 1940 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935.-Biography:...
, archbishop of Paris, cardinalCardinal (Catholicism)A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and... - 1948 - 1964: Achille LiénartAchille LiénartAchille Liénart was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Lille from 1928 to 1968, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1930.-Biography:...
, bishop of LilleRoman Catholic Archdiocese of LilleThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lille is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. Erected in 1913 as the Diocese of Lille, the archdiocese encompasses the arrondissements of Dunkerque and Lille, within the department of Nord in the Region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais...
, cardinal - 1964 - 1969: Maurice FeltinMaurice FeltinMaurice Feltin was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Paris from 1949 to 1966, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII.-Biography:...
, archbishop of Paris, cardinal - 1969 - 1975: François MartyFrançois MartyGabriel Auguste François Marty was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Paris.He was born in Vaureilles, Pachins, in France. His family were farmers. His first baptismal name was Gabriel; but he used his second one, François, to avoid confusion with a classmate who was also named Gabriel...
, archbishop of Paris, cardinal - 1975 - 1981: Roger Etchegaray, archbishop of MarseilleRoman Catholic Archdiocese of MarseilleThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Marseille, is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. The Archepiscopal see is in the city of Marseille, and the diocese comprises the arrondissement of Marseille, a subdivision of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône in...
, cardinal - 1981 - 1987: Jean Vilnet, bishop of Lille
- 1987 - 1990: Albert DecourtrayAlbert DecourtrayAlbert Florent Augustin Decourtray S.T.D. was a French Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon.-Early life:...
, archbishop of LyonRoman Catholic Archdiocese of LyonThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lyon is a Roman Catholic Metropolitan archdiocese in France. It incorporates the ancient Archdiocese of Vienne. The current Cardinal-Archbishop is Philippe Barbarin...
, cardinal - 1990 - 1996: Joseph DuvalJoseph DuvalJoseph Marie Louis Duval was the French Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen.Born in Chênex, Duval was ordained to the priesthood on June 8, 1953. On May 14, 1974, Pope Paul VI appointed Duval auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rennes, and he was...
, archbishop of Rouen - 1996 - 2001: Louis-Marie BilléLouis-Marie BilléLouis Marie Billé was a French clergyman, archbishop of Lyon from 6 September 1998 and a cardinal until his death in office.- Life :...
, archbishop of Aix-en-Provence, cardinal - 2001 - 2007: Jean-Pierre Ricard, archbishop of Bordeaux, cardinal
- 2007 - date: André Vingt-TroisAndré Vingt-TroisAndré Armand Vingt-Trois is a French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as Archbishop of Paris, having previously served as Archbishop of Tours from 1999 to 2005. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007....
, archbishop of Paris, cardinal
External links
- Conférence des évêques de France (CEF) official website (FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
) - Conférence des évêques de France webpage. GCatholic.com website