| His Excellency Bernard Barsi |
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| Archbishop of Monaco | |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 28 June 1969 |
| Consecration | 8 October 2000 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 August 1942 Nice, France |
| Nationality | French |
Bernard César Augustin Barsi (born 4 August 1942) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church, the current Archbishop of Monaco.
Barsi was born on 4 August 1942 in Nice, France.[1]
He was ordained a priest on 28 June 1969.[1] After his ordination, he served as a vicar at the parish of Saint-Etienne de Tinée in Nice from 1969 until 1972.[2] From 1972 to 1982 he worked in the vocations office of the diocese.[2] He was appointed pastor of La Trinité parish, serving in that capacity from 1982 to 1991.[2] He was made vicar general of the diocese of Nice in 1991, and served in that position until 2000 with a brief interstice from 1997 to 1998, when he was administrator of the diocese in a period of sede vacante.[2]
Barsi was appointed the Archbishop of Monaco on 16 May 2000.[1] He was consecrated a bishop on 8 October of the same year.[1] His principal consecrator was Jean Marie Louis Bonfils, S.M.A., at that time the Bishop of Nice, who was assisted by François de Sales Marie Adrien Saint-Macary, the Archbishop of Rennes, and Joseph-Marie Sardou, S.C.J., then the Archbishop Emeritus of Monaco.[1]
In 2003 he oversaw a Vatican investigation into abuse of choirboys in the 1970s in Rome. The result was inconclusive.
He officiated at the funeral of Prince Rainier III in April 2005,[3] and on 2 July 2011, he presided over the wedding of Prince Albert II and Charlene Wittstock.[4]
| Catholic Church titles | ||
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| Preceded by Joseph-Marie Sardou |
Archbishop of Monaco 16 May 2000 – present |
Succeeded by — |