Jean Marcel Honoré () (13 August 1920 – 28 February 2013) was a

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and a former archbishop of Tours. He was born in

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, and from 1958 to 1964 was secretary general of the National Commission for Religious Education and director of the National Centre of Religious Teaching. He was made

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in 1972 and Archbishop of Tours in 1981. Honoré was known as a specialist in the works of Cardinal Newman. In 1990, Honoré recognized the

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as a public association of the Christian faithful. He went on to promote the group's cause in Rome. Honoré retired as Archbishop of Tours in 1997 at the age of 76. Honoré was created

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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 ...

in 2001. Honoré died on 28 February 2013.

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1920 births 2013 deaths Archbishops of Tours 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in France Bishops of Évreux 21st-century French cardinals Cardinals created by Pope John Paul II {{RC-cardinal-stub