Hervé Jean Robert Giraud
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Hervé Jean Robert Giraud | |
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| Archbishop of Sens Prelate of Mission de France | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Sens |
| See | Sens |
| Appointed | 5 March 2015 |
| Installed | 19 April 2015 |
| Predecessor | Yves François Patenôtre |
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| Ordination | 24 September 1985 by Jean Hermil |
| Consecration | 25 May 2003 by Philippe Barbarin |
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| Birth name | Hervé Jean Robert Giraud |
| Born | 26 February 1957 Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche, France |
| 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) |
| 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[]
- Catholic Church in France
- List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of France
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.
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- 1957 births
- Living people
- Bishops of Soissons
- People from Tournon-sur-Rhône
- 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in France