Pope Francis has appointed Olivier de Germay Archbishop of Lyon, filling the vacancy opened by the resignation of Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, in March, announced Thursday the Conference of the bishops of France. Bishop de Germay, aged 60, had been Bishop of Ajaccio for eight years.
The installation of the new Primate of Gaul will take place on December 20. In the meantime, the apostolic administrator of the diocese, Bishop Michel Dubost, continues to ensure the interim, specifies the CEF in its press release.
Former student of the military school of Saint-Cyr – from which he graduated with an engineering degree – Bishop de Germay was ordained a priest in 1998 and appointed bishop in 2012.
Member of the working group on bioethics of the French Bishops’ Conference
His career, carried out until his departure for Corsica in the Toulouse region alone, is varied: vicar then parish priest of Castanet (1999-2006), diocesan chaplain of Guides de France (1999-2001), dean of the area ” southern suburbs »Of Toulouse (2002-2006), episcopal vicar (2004-2012), parish priest of Beauzelle (2006-2011), professor of theology at the Catholic Institute of Toulouse (2008-2012) then dean of Blagnac (2009-2012) .
Within the Conference of Bishops of France, Bishop de Germay is a member of the ” for catechesis and catechumenate As well as of the working group on bioethics.
Quoted in a press release from the diocese, Bishop de Germay acknowledges having ” everything to discover about this beautiful diocese of which (he) already has a feeling of all the human and spiritual wealth »
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