Bernard Barsi

His Excellency
Bernard Barsi
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.

Biography

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]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Cheney, David M (20 February 2011). "Archbishop Bernard César Augustin Barsi". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Archevêché" (in French). Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monaco. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Trauerfeier für Rainier: 'Jetzt fühlen wir uns alle verwaist'". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 15 April 2005. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  4. ↑ Pignarre, Christine (1 July 2011). "Monaco et la religion catholique". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  5. ↑ Remise de décorations Ordre de Saint Charles et Grimaldi (French)
  6. ↑ Sovereign Ordonnance n° 3.537 du 17 novembre 2011 portant promotions ou nominations dans l’Ordre de Grimaldi (French).
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Joseph-Marie Sardou		 Archbishop of Monaco
16 May 2000 – present 		Succeeded by
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