Alain Paul Lebeaupin
Monsignor Alain Paul Lebeaupin
| Styles of Alain Paul Lebeaupin | |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
His Excellency Archbishop Alain Paul Lebeaupin was born in Paris, France, on March 2, 1945. He was ordained into priesthood on June 28, 1975 for the Diocese of Nice after studying at the Pontifical French Seminary in Rome. He holds a Doctorate in Civil Law and Masters in Canon Law and Theology.
Monsignor Lebeaupin entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1979. His first appointment was to the Holy See Observer Mission to the United Nations in New York, USA (1979 - 1982) Later he served in the Apostolic Nunciature in the Dominican Republic (1982-1985) and at the Apostolic Delegation in Mozambique (1985 - 1989). Archbishop Lebeaupin was recalled to the Secretariat of State and served at the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE - OSCE) From 1989 to 1998. On March 27, 1996, Archbishop Lebeaupin was concurrently appointed Chargé d'affaires of the Apostolic Nunciature to the European Union. On December 7, 1998, with the title of Titular Archbishop of Vico Equense, Lebeaupin was appointed the Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador. He received his Episcopal Ordination from His Holiness Pope John Paul II on January 6, 1999. On January 14, 2005, H. E. Archbishop Lebeaupin was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) and UN-HABITAT (United Nations Human Settlements Programme). He arrived in Kenya on April 28, 2005.
Episcopal Lineage and Apostolic Succession
- Scipione Cardinal Rebiba † (1577)
- Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
- Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
- Mons. Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
- Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
- Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
- Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
- Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
- Pope Benedict XIII † (1675)
- Pope Benedict XIV † (1724)
- Pope Clement XII † (1743)
- Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
- Pope Leo XII † (1794)
- Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
- Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
- Mieczysław Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
- Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
- Mons. St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
- Mons. Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
- Mons. Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
- Pope John Paul II † (2004)
- Mons. Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin
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