Michel-Marie Bernard Calvet S.M. (born 3 April 1944 in Autun,

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) is the

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-born

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. He has served as the Archbishop of the

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from since his appointment on 19 June 1981. He also served as the

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of the Diocese of Nigrae Maiores. Calvert was ordained as a

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in the Society of Mary on 28 April 1973. On 4 July 1979 Calvert was appointed as an Auxiliary Bishop of the

, based in Nouméa,

. 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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