Jean Badré
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Jean-Marie-Clément Badré was a French bishop of the twenteth century.
Born 17 Oct 1913 in Arbois,[1] [2] he was a son of Louis Badré, Inspector General of Water and Forests, and Mrs. Claire Maire. Educated at Etudes: Lycée de Colmar,[3] He was schooled at Ecole Massillon, Lycée Saint-Louis and Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice in Paris.[4]
On 23 Dec 1939 he was Ordained Deacon and then made a priest the next day(Christmas Eve 1939). This was just prior to the Nazi occupation of France and was chaotic in Paris. He asked for exceptional permission to be ordained a priest by Cardinal Verdier. During the war he and his brother Paul Badré with the resistance.[5] At this time he was Vicar at the parish of Saint-Antoine de Padoue and assistant chaplain of the Janson-de-Sailly high school in Paris.
After the war he was made Chaplain of the 1st military region (1945), Director of the Catholic military chaplaincy (1946), Catholic chaplain of the French armies, Auxiliary of His Eminence Cardinal Feltin (Archbishop of Paris) (1964), Director of the Vicariate for the Armed Forces (1964)[6] then Vicar for the French Armies (1967),[7]
In 1963 he was made Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France and Titular Bishop of Novae in Proconsular. He welcomed Pope John Paul II to the Basilica of Saint Therese of Lisieux during his apostolic visit to France in 1980. On 19 Nov 1988 then aged 75 he Retired as Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), and 17 Sep 2001 aged 87.9 Died Buried in the Cathedral, Bayeux, Diocese of Bayeux (-Lisieux).[8]
Decoration
- Officer of the Legion of Honor,
- Croix de guerre 39-45,
- Medal of the Resistance,
- Commander of the Academic Palms.
- Medal of the Health Service,
- Canon of Honor of the Diocese of Paris,
- Prelate of His Holiness.
References
- ^ biography
- ^ Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 470, Ascendance
- ^ https://www.whoswho.fr/decede/biographie-jean-badre_797
- ^ https://www.whoswho.fr/decede/biographie-jean-badre_797
- ^ [http://www.francaislibres.net/liste/fiche.php?index=118220}.
- ^ Rappel à Dieu de Mgr Jean Badré » [archive, sur eglise.catholiqu].
- ^ entry at whoswho France.
- ^ 1990 : Un homme d'Église dans l'histoire, entretiens avec Michel Fourcade, éd. Nouvelle Cité.