Éric Aumonier (born 22 February 1946) is a French
prelate
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of the
Catholic Church
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who was the
Bishop of Versailles from 2001 to 2020. He was previously Auxiliary Bishop of Paris for four years.
Biography
He was born in Paris on 22 February 1947, one of his parents' three sons. He earned a licenciate in philosophy and a doctorate in theology at the
Pontifical Gregorian University
Pontifical Gregorian University (; also known as the Gregorian or Gregoriana), is a private university, private pontifical university in Rome, Italy.
The Gregorian originated as a part of the Roman College, founded in 1551 by Ignatius of Loyo ...
while living at the French Seminary in Rome.
He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Paris on 2 July 1971.
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During the next thirty years he worked in the Archdiocese as an assistant parish priest, professor at the Seminary of St. Sulpice in Issy-les-Moulineaux from 1977 to 1981, a delegate of the Archbishop for the Parisian seminaries from 1981 to 1984, the Superior of the Maison Saint-Augustin in Paris from 1984 to 1990, the Superior of the diocesan Seminary of Paris from 1990 to 1996, and a member of the Episcopal Council.][
]Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005.
In his you ...
appointed him Titular Bishop of Malliana and an auxiliary bishop of Paris on 12 July 1996. He was consecrated a bishop on 11 October of that year[ by the Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger; the co-consecrators were the Secretary for Relations with States in the Vatican Secretariat of State, Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, and the Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, André Vingt-Trois.
On 11 January 2001, Pope John Paul II named him Bishop of Versailles.][
]Pope Francis
Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until Death and funeral of Pope Francis, his death in 2025. He was the fi ...
accepted his resignation on 17 December 2020.[
]
See also
* Catholic Church in France
The Catholic Church in France, Gallican Church, or French Catholic Church, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Pope in Rome. Established in the 2nd century in unbroken communion with the bishop of Rome, it was sometim ...
* List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of France
References
External links
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1946 births
Living people
Pontifical Gregorian University alumni
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in France
Auxiliary bishops of Paris
Bishops of Versailles
French Roman Catholic titular bishops
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in France
French expatriates in Italy