Jean-Louis Bruguès, OP (born 22 November 1943) is a French archbishop of the

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. He was the Archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church from 2012 to 2018.

Biography

Bruguès was born at Bagnères de Bigorre, in the diocese of Tarbes and Lourdes. He studied at the Faculty of Law of Montpellier (1960-1963) and the Faculty of Arts of Madrid (1963-1964), graduating with Law and Economics degrees. He graduated from the School of Political Science in 1966 with a degree in Political Science. He was selected for the entrance exam to the elite ''

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'', but instead completed a doctorate in theology. He entered the Dominicans as a novice in

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(1968-1969). He made his first religious profession on 29 September 1969 and took his solemn vows as a Dominican in 1972. He was

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a priest on 22 June 1975 in

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. Bruguès served as prior of the Dominican priories of Toulouse and

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, and later provincial of the Province of Toulouse. He was also professor of fundamental

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at the Catholic Institute of Toulouse and then taught the same subject at the

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, where he held the chair in fundamental moral theology from 1997 to 2000. He was a member of the

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from 1986 to 2002 and a member of the National Ethics Consultative Committee of France from 1998 to 2000. He was invited by

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to preach at the

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en conferences held at

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in 1995, 1996, and 1997. On 20 March 2000, Bruguès was appointed Bishop of

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. He received his

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on the following 30 April from Cardinal Pierre Eyt, with Bishop Jean Orchampt and Archbishop François Saint-Macary serving as co-consecrators. He was elected to a four-year term as president of the Doctrinal Commission of the French Episcopal Conference in 2002. On 10 November 2007,

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named him Secretary of the

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in the Roman Curia and bestowed upon him the personal title of archbishop. In October 2009 he was named a consultor to the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. Since 19 November 2009, he has been a consultor of the

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. On 26 June 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him the

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and

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of the Holy Roman Church. In March 2014 he announced that the Vatican Library was digitizing approximately 3000 handwritten manuscripts and considering extending the project to cover all its holdings. Bruguès served as President of the Organizing Committee of the Vatican Foundation Joseph Ratzinger - Benedict XVI for the Symposium on "The Gospels: History and Christology - Research of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI", which was held at the

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on 24–26 October 2013.

Select writings

* ''Dictionnaire de morale catholique'', CLD, 1991 révisé en 1996 * ''Précis de théologie morale générale'', Mame, 1995 (volume 1), 2002 (volume 2) * ''L’Éternité si proche. Conférence du Carême 1995 à Notre-Dame de Paris'', Cerf, 1995 * ''Les Idées heureuses, vertus chrétiennes pour ce temps. Conférence du Carême 1996 à Notre-Dame de Paris'', Cerf, 1996 * ''Des combats de lumière. Conférence du Carême 1997 à Notre-Dame de Paris'', Cerf, 1997 * * ''Chemin faisant. Entretiens spirituels'', Cerf, 2016

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"Secolarismo e sacerdozio"
remarks to the annual assembly of rectors of pontifical seminaries, 3 June 2009

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