Hervé Giraud
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Hervé Jean Robert Giraud | |
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Archbishop of Sens Prelate of Mission de France | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Sens |
See | Sens |
Appointed | 5 March 2015 |
Installed | 19 April 2015 |
Predecessor | Yves François Patenôtre |
Previous post(s) | Titular Bishop of Silli (2003-07) Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (2003-07) Coadjutor Bishop of Soissons (2007-08) Bishop of Soissons (2008-15) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 24 September 1985 by Jean Hermil |
Consecration | 25 May 2003 by Philippe Barbarin |
Personal details | |
Born | Hervé Jean Robert Giraud 26 February 1957 |
Alma mater | Lycée du Parc Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 Pontifical Gregorian University Institut Catholique de Paris |
Motto | Ressuscités avec le Christ |
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Hervé Jean Robert Giraud (born 26 February 1957) is a French Catholic prelate currently serving as the archbishop of Sens-Auxerre.
Early life
He was born on 26 February 1957 in Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche, ordained priest on 24 September 1985 and was Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon between 2003 and 2007.[1] [2] He was Coadjutor Bishop of Soissons from November 2007 and full Bishop of Soissons since February 2008.
Episcopal career
Within the Conference of Bishops of France, he was elected in 2005 president of the Commission for the ordained and the laity in ecclesial mission. On 8 November 2008 he was re-elected president of the commission for a term of three years.[3] In 2011, he became president of the Council for communication[4]
When named a bishop he was the youngest French bishop. Bishop Hervé Giraud was also the first French Bishop to have a social network, Twitter, account under the name @mgrgiraud. He has also published a book Twitthomélies.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Diocese of Soissons at GCatholic.org.
- ^ Diocese of Soissons at catholic-hierarchy.org.
- ^ Diocese Web page.
- ^ Diocese Web page.
- ^ Stéphanie Le Bars, « Les « tweet-homélies » de Mgr Giraud, évêque de Soissons », Le Monde no 20816, daté du 24 décembre 2011, p. 11.