Jean-Pierre Ricard
French prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1944) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jean-Pierre Ricard (born 26 September 1944) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Bordeaux from 2001 to 2019. He has been a cardinal since 2006. He was previously Bishop of Montpellier for five years and before that an auxiliary bishop in Grenoble. From 2001 to 2007 he was president of the French Episcopal Conference.
His Eminence Jean-Pierre Ricard | |
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Cardinal, Archbishop emeritus of Bordeaux | |
Church | Catholic |
Archdiocese | Bordeaux |
Installed | 21 December 2001 |
Term ended | 1 October 2019 |
Predecessor | Pierre Étienne Louis Eyt |
Successor | Jean-Paul James |
Other post(s) | Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agostino (2006–) |
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Ordination | 5 October 1968 by Georges Jacquot |
Consecration | 6 June 1993 by Robert-Joseph Coffy |
Created cardinal | 24 March 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
Personal details | |
Born | (1944-09-26) 26 September 1944 (age 79) Marseille, France |
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Motto | Propter Evangelium (Latin for 'For the Sake of the Gospel') |
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Styles of Jean-Pierre Ricard | |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
In November 2022, Ricard admitted he sexually abused a 14-year-old girl in the 1980s when he was a parish priest.[1] Both French prosecutors and the Holy See launched investigations, though criminal proceedings were dropped in February 2023 because the statute of limitations had expired.[2] Church authorities then imposed restrictions on Ricard's exercise of his ministry for five years.[3]