Jean Marie Balland

His Eminence Jean Balland
Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Archdiocese of Lyon
Orders
Ordination	3 September 1961
Consecration	12 December 1982
Created Cardinal	21 February 1998
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	(1934-07-26)26 July 1934 Bué, France
Died	1 March 1998(1998-03-01) (aged 63) Lyon, France
Coat of arms

Styles of Jean Marie Balland
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Lyon

Jean Marie Julien Balland (26 July 1934 in Bué, Cher, France – 1 March 1998 in Lyon) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon.

Early life

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.

Episcopate

Pope John Paul II appointed him as Bishop of Dijon on 6 November 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.