Jean Marie Julien Balland (26 July 1934 in Bué, Cher, France – 1 March 1998 in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

) was a

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and

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Early life

He entered the

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and later attended the

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in Rome where he earned a licentiate in philosophy in 1956, and in

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. He later attended the

Sorbonne University Sorbonne University (french: Sorbonne Université; la Sorbonne: 'the Sorbonne') is a public research university located in Paris, France. The institution's legacy reaches back to 1257 when Sorbonne College was established by Robert de Sorbon ...

in Paris where he graduated with doctorates in philosophy and

. He was ordained on 3 September 1961. After his ordination he was a faculty member of the seminary where he was ordained from 1962 to 1968. He was transferred, teaching at

Tours Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 ...

from 1967 to 1973.

Episcopate

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

appointed him as

Bishop of Dijon The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dijon (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Divionensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Dijon'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The archepiscopal see is Dijon Cathedral, which is located ...

on 6 November 1982. He was transferred to the

Metropolitan see of Reims The Archdiocese of Reims (traditionally spelt "Rheims" in English) ( la, Archidiœcesis Remensis; French language, French: ''Archidiocèse de Reims'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erecte ...

in 1988. He was appointed as the

on 27 May 1995. Archbishop Balland was created and proclaimed

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in the

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of 21 February 1998 with the

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San Pietro in Vincoli San Pietro in Vincoli (; Saint Peter in Chains) is a Roman Catholic titular church and minor basilica in Rome, Italy, best known for being the home of Michelangelo's statue of Moses, part of the tomb of Pope Julius II. The '' Titulus S. Petri ...

. He died in 1998, eight days after becoming a cardinal.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Balland, Jean Marie 1934 births 1998 deaths People from Cher (department) 20th-century French cardinals French expatriates in Italy Bishops of Dijon Archbishops of Lyon Archbishops of Reims Pontifical Gregorian University alumni Cardinals created by Pope John Paul II