| Styles of Jean Marie Balland |
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|---|---|
| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Lyon |
Jean Marie Balland (26 July 1934 in Bué, Cher, France - 1 March 1998 in Lyon) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon.
He entered the seminary and later attended the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome where he earned a licentiate in philosophy in 1956, and in theology. He later attended the Sorbonne University in Paris where he graduated with doctorates in philosophy and theology. He was ordained on 3 September 1961.
After his ordination he was a faculty member of the seminary where he was ordained from 1962-1968. He was transferred, teaching Tours from 1967-1973.
Pope John Paul II appointed him as Bishop of Dijon on November 6, 1982. He was transferred to the Metropolitan see of Reims in 1988. He was appointed as the Archbishop of Lyon on 27 May 1995. Archbishop Balland was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest in the consistory of 21 February 1998 with the titular church of San Pietro in Vincoli.
He died in 1998, 8 days after becoming a cardinal.
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| Preceded by Jacques Eugène Louis Ménager |
Archbishop of Reims 1988–1995 |
Succeeded by Gérard Denis Auguste Defois |
| Preceded by Albert Decourtray |
Archbishop of Lyon 27 May 1995–1 March 1998 |
Succeeded by Louis-Marie Billé |