Philippe Barbarin
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| Appointed | 16 July 2002 |
| Enthroned | 14 September 2002 |
| Predecessor | Louis-Marie Billé |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio |
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| Ordination | 17 December 1977 by Robert Marie-Joseph François de Provenchères |
| Consecration | 22 November 1998 by Philibert Randriambololona |
| Created Cardinal | 21 October 2003 |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | Philippe Xavier Ignace Barbarin |
| Born | 17 October 1950 Rabat, Morocco |
| Nationality | French |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Lyon |
Philippe Xavier Christian Ignace Marie Barbarin (born October 17, 1950) is a French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, currently serving as Archbishop of Lyon in France. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2003.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life and ordination
Barbarin was born in 1950 in Rabat, Morocco (which was then a French protectorate) to a large family (six sisters, two of whom are nuns, and four brothers).[1] Barbarin studied for the priesthood in Paris. He was ordained on 17 December 1977, by Bishop Robert de Provenchères of Créteil.
[edit] Pastoral work
Barbarin was involved in pastoral work until 1994, when he taught theology in the Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar.
[edit] Bishop and Archbishop
On 1 October 1998, he was appointed Bishop of Moulins, and received his episcopal consecration on the following 22 November from the Jesuit Archbishop Philibert Randriambololona of Fianarantsoa (with Bishops André Quélen and Daniel Labille serving as co-consecrators). Barbarin was promoted to Archbishop of Lyon on July 16, 2002.
[edit] Cardinal
He was created Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of 21 October 2003. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI.
Barbarin, in addition to his native French, can speak Italian, English, Spanish, German, and Malagasy.
[edit] Activities
Barbarin opened in 2010 in Lyon, a "bi-formalist" seminary (i.e. a seminary dedicated to both forms of the Roman Rite: the Ordinary Form and the Extraordinary Form). This is the first diocese in France after that of Toulon which offers this possibility to its seminarians. Barbarin's project will even go further than that of Toulon: not only will the seminarians have the opportunity to be formed according to the extraordinary form, the Tridentine mass will be celebrated every day in conjunction with the community of Saint-Georges Church (Eglise Sainte-Georges).[2] Saint-Georges Church was originally abandoned in the 1970s but renovated in 1989 by the diocese which allowed priests from the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter to conduct mass in the extraordinary form. The program will be administered by auxiliary bishop Jean-Pierre Batut.[3]
| Preceded by Louis-Marie Cardinal Billé |
Archbishop of Lyon 16 July 2002–incumbent |
Succeeded by incumbent |
[edit] References
- ^ 30 Days in the Church and the World magazine: "Interview with Cardinal Philippe Barbarin: The lights of Lyon" January - February 2009
- ^ New Liturgical Movement: "Cardinal Barbarin Establishes Seminary for Both Forms of the Roman Rite" November 25, 2009
- ^ Archdiocese of Lyon: "La Maison Sainte-Blandine, un an après"
