Jean-Pierre Ricard
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Jean-Pierre Cardinal Ricard (born 25 September 1944) is a French cardinal of the Roman Catholic church and archbishop of Bordeaux et Bazes. Since 2001 he is president of the French Episcopal Conference.
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[edit] Education
Born in Marseille, he is the son of Georges and Jeanine Ricard. He was educated at the Lyceums of Saint-Charles and Périer, Marseille, and Thiers (bachelor of arts). He entered the Grand Seminary of Marseille and studied there from(philosophy), 1962-1964 he spent one year of National Service of Cooperation in Bamako, Mali. He also studied at the Seminary "des Carmes", Paris and the Institut Catholique de Paris (degree in theology and habilitation for the doctorate.
[edit] Priesthood
He was ordained on 5 October 1968 in Marseille. He did pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Marseille from 1968-1993. He served as vicar of the parish of Sainte-Émilie de Vialoar from 1970-1978 and was in charge of religious teaching and formation of priests and laymen and responsible of the Center of Religious Culture of Mistral, 1975-1981, and the diocesan delegate for the seminarians, 1975-1985. He was the pastor of the parish of Sainte-Marguerite, 1981-1988, then delegate adjunct for ecumenism, and episcopal vicar of the zone of south Marseille from 1984-1988 and was regional theologian for pastoral, 1986-1993 and served as general secretary of the Diocesan Synod of Marseille, 1988-1991 and vicar general of Robert Cardinal Coffy. He was Archbishop of Marseille from 1988-1993.
[edit] Episcopate
Ricard was elected titular bishop of Pulcheriopoli and appointed auxiliary bishop of Grenoble on 17 April 1993 being consecrated on the June 6, 1993 at the cathedral of Sainte-Marie-Majeure, Marseille, by Cardinal Robert Coffy, archbishop of Marseille. He was appointed Vice-President of the Episcopal Conference, November 9, 1999 and participated in the 10th Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 30-October 27, 2001. He was elected president of the Conference of Bishops of France, November 6, 2001. He was promoted to the metropolitan see of Bordeaux et Bazes, December 21, 2001. He attended the XI General Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 2 to 23, 2005.
[edit] Cardinalate
He was made a cardinal in the consistory of March 24, 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI. He was appointed to the Commission "Ecclesia Dei", the commission whose responsibility it is to address the issue of the Society of Saint Pius X, in April 2006.
