Michel-Marie Bernard Calvet
S.M. (born 3 April 1944 in
Autun
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,
France
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) is the
French
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-born
New Caledonia
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Archbishop
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. He has served as the Archbishop of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nouméa
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nouméa (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Numeanus''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Nouméa'') is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in New Caledonia. It is responsible for the suffragan dioceses of Port-Vila and Wallis et Fut ...
from since his appointment on 19 June 1981.
He also served as the
Titular bishop
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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 ...
of the Diocese of Nigrae Maiores.
Calvert was ordained as a
Catholic priest
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in the
Society of Mary on 28 April 1973.
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On 4 July 1979 Calvert was appointed as an Auxiliary Bishop of the ]Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nouméa
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nouméa (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Numeanus''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Nouméa'') is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in New Caledonia. It is responsible for the suffragan dioceses of Port-Vila and Wallis et Fut ...
, based in Nouméa
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, New Caledonia
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.[ He was simultaneously appointed the titular bishop on Nigrae Maiores on the same day.][
Michel-Marie Calvet was appointed the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Nouméa on 19 June 1981.][ He continued to serve as Archbishop as of 2010.][
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References
1944 births
People from Autun
New Caledonian people of French descent
New Caledonian Roman Catholic archbishops
French Roman Catholic archbishops
People from Nouméa
Living people
Marist Brothers
Roman Catholic archbishops of Nouméa
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