Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy (born 2 April 1957) is the current Bishop of Saint-Denis in France. He had previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the

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Biography

Delannoy was born in Comines, in the

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, the son of Jacques Delannoy, the owner of a lumber yard, and Anne-Marie Carissimo. He did his elementary education at the Institution Saint-Jude in

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, followed by attending the

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Saint Paul. Following completion of his secondary education, he studied

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at the

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, ending with a

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. He then worked as an

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for four years. At that point, Delannoy left the field and decided to seek Holy Orders. He entered the Seminary of Lille, where he pursued his training for the priesthood. He was ordained a priest on 4 June 1989 for the then-Diocese of Lille by Bishop Gérard Defois. Delannoy then served in a parish in

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for two years, after which he was made responsible for diocesan activities in independent sites (1991–1999), and in 1997 was also named the Dean of the urban district of Roubaix and of Bailleul. In 1999 he was appointed the Episcopal Vicar of the region of

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, and additionally, in 2003, Dean of Houtland. Delannoy was appointed the auxiliary bishop of the diocese, and named

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, by

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on 30 June 2004. He was

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12 September of that year by Bishop Defois. On 10 March 2009

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appointed him Bishop of Saint Denis. He was installed on 10 May. In the Bishops' Conference of France, Delannoy currently serves as the President of the Episcopal Commissions on Finances and on Economic, Social and Legal Affairs.

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