Alain Paul Lebeaupin

His Excellency
Monsignor Alain Paul Lebeaupin

Styles of Alain Paul Lebeaupin


Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	not applicable

Archbishop Alain Paul Lebeaupin was born in Paris, France, on March 2, 1945.

[edit] Education

Lebeaupin 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.

Preceded by Francesco Canalini	Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador 7 December 1998–14 January 2005	Succeeded by Giacomo Guido Ottonello
Preceded by Giovanni Tonucci	Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya 14 January 2005–present	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by Giovanni Tonucci	Permanent Observer to UNEP/UN-HABITAT 14 January 2005–present	Succeeded by incumbent