Dominique Rey

His Excellency Dominique Marie Jean Rey Comm. l'Emm.
Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon
Bishop Rey in 2013
Appointed	16 May 2000
Installed	17 September 2000
Predecessor	Joseph Théophile Louis Marie Madec
Orders
Ordination	23 June 1984
Consecration	17 September 2000 by Jean-Marie Lustiger
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	(1952-09-21)21 September 1952 Saint-Étienne, France
Nationality	French
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Motto	Doux et humble de Cœur
Coat of arms

Dominique Marie Jean Rey (born 21 September 1952) is the current bishop of Fréjus-Toulon in southern France and a leading figure in the French episcopate. Having served as curé of Ste. Trinité church in Paris, he was appointed in May 2000 and consecrated bishop in September 2000. Dominique Rey was appointed to the synod on evangelisation in 2012. He has stressed an incompatibility between being a Catholic and a Freemason (the connotations of which in France differ significantly from those mainly operating in the English-speaking world). In August 2015, he defended the decision of the diocese in its annual OSP (observatoire socio-politique) to invite a prominent National Front member of the French parliament, breaking with the consistent policy of the French episcopate not to include speakers from this party. In 2017 he was awarded Prelate Grand Cross of Catholic Order of Saint Lazarus.

See also

• Catholic Church in France
• List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of France

Sources

• La Croix, 28 August 2015
• Ouest-France, 28 August 2015