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Order in College: |
Cardinal Priest |
| With Title:
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St. Gregory Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane |
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Native Country: |
France |
| Appointed by:
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John Paul II
on 21 October 2003 |
| Ecclesiastical
Office:
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Archbishop of Marseilles, France |
| Papal Elector:
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Eligible;
Ineligible on
26 January 2011 |
Cardinal Bernard Panafieu was born on January 26, 1931, in Chatellerault, France. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1956. He is president of the French bishops' commission on relations with Islam. He was created a cardinal priest on October 21, 2003, and assigned the titular church of St. Gregory Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane. He is the Metropolitan Archbishop of Marseilles, France. |
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