Augustin-Joseph Antoine Sépinski O.F.M. (26 July 1900 – 31 December 1978) was a French prelate of the Catholic Church who led the

Franciscans , image = FrancescoCoA PioM.svg , image_size = 200px , caption = A cross, Christ's arm and Saint Francis's arm, a universal symbol of the Franciscans , abbreviation = OFM , predecessor = , ...

from 1952 to 1965 and then worked in the diplomatic service of the

Holy See The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of Rome ...

. He is also known as Agostino Sepinski.

Biography

Augustin-Joseph Sépinski was born in Saint-Julien-lès-Metz,

Moselle The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...

, France, on 26 July 1900. He was ordained a priest of the Order of Friars Minor on 20 December 1924. In 1952 he was elected to a six-year term as Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly known as the Franciscans. He was elected in 1957 to a twelve-year term and held that position until 1965. He participated in all four sessions of the

Second Vatican Council The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the , or , was the 21st Catholic ecumenical councils, ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church. The council met in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome for four periods (or sessions) ...

(1962–1965); in its opening days he was elected by the Council Fathers to serve on its Commission on Religious. On 2 October 1965,

Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his ...

named him a

titular archbishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

and

Apostolic Delegate An apostolic nuncio ( la, nuntius apostolicus; also known as a papal nuncio or simply as a nuncio) is an ecclesiastical diplomat, serving as an envoy or a permanent diplomatic representative of the Holy See to a state or to an international o ...

to Jerusalem and Palestine. He received his episcopal consecration on 31 November from Cardinal

Amleto Cicognani Amleto Giovanni Cicognani (24 February 1883 – 17 December 1973) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Vatican Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969, and Dean of the College of Cardinals from 1972 until his death. C ...

. On 5 May 1969, Pope Paul appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay. He retired on 29 July 1975. He died on 31 December 1978, at the age of 78.

Notes

References

External links

Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Augustin-Joseph Sépinski
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sepinski, Augustin Joseph Antoine 1900 births 1978 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic titular archbishops Apostolic Nuncios to Uruguay French Roman Catholic priests