Louis-Marie Billé
His Eminence Louis-Marie Billé | |
|---|---|
Lyon | |
| Predecessor | Jean Marie Balland |
| Successor | Philippe Barbarin |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 25 March 1962 |
| Consecration | 19 May 1984 |
| Created cardinal | 21 February 2001 |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 February 1938 |
| Died | 12 March 2002 (aged 64) Bordeaux, France |
| Styles of Louis-Marie Billé | ||
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Reference style His Eminence | | |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence | |
| Informal style | Cardinal | |
| See | Lyon | |
Louis-Marie Billé (18 February 1938 – 12 March 2002) was a French clergyman,
archbishop of Lyon from 6 September 1998 and a cardinal until his death in office.[1]
Life
Billé was born in Orléans to Gabriel Léandre François Victor Billé and Madeleine Louise David.[2]
He studied Catholic
diocese of Luçon
.
From 1966 to 1972 he worked as a lecturer at the priests' seminary in Luçon, and from 1972 to 1977 he performed the same task at the seminary of La Roche-sur-Yon.[2]
diocese of Aix, Arles and Embrun
.
He published Jean-Paul II avec l`Eglise de France - La vitalité de l`Evangile in 1997.[3]
He would become Archbishop of Lyon on 10 July 1998. On 21 February 2001 he was appointed to the
Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
was transferred to him.
Cardinal Billé died in Bordeaux on 12 March 2002 after a serious illness and was entombed in Lyon cathedral.[2] He was succeeded as Archbishop of Lyon by Bishop Philippe Barbarin.
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