Jacques Ménager (1912–1998), was a French

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the

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, 107th

Archbishop of Reims The Archdiocese of Reims or Rheims (; French language, French: ''Archidiocèse de Reims'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected as a diocese around 250 by Sixtus of Reims, the diocese w ...

and before that (1961–1973),

Bishop of Meaux The Diocese of Meaux (Latin: ''Dioecesis Meldensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Meaux'') is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the entire department of Seine-et-Marne. It was suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sens ...

Biography

Jacques Eugène Louis Ménager was born on 24 July 1912 in Anor (Nord). He was

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on 29 June 1936. On 23 June 1955 he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Bishop Renard,

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. He received the titles of

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of diocese of Antiochia Parva and was ordained

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on 8 October 1955.Archbishop Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager
Two years after his appointment as Bishop of Meaux (7 December 1961), he was called to participate actively in the sessions of the

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. As a Father of the Council, he was a member of the Drafting Committee of Scheme XVII of the "Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the World of this Time" Gaudium et spes. (promulgation of 7 December 1965) In the aftermath of the Council, in March 1967, the Permanent Council of the French Episcopate established the French Commission for Justice and Peace. Jacques Ménager was its first president until 1984.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Menager, Jacques Eugene Louis 1912 births 1998 deaths Archbishops of Reims 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in France