His Excellency

Éric Aumonier
Bishop emeritus of Versailles
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
PredecessorJean-Charles Thomas
Orders
Ordination22 July 1971
Consecration12 July 1996
by Jean-Marie Lustiger
Personal details
Born (1946-02-22) 22 February 1946
Paris, France
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Éric Aumonier (born 22 February 1946) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who was the Bishop of Versailles from 2001 to 2020. He was previously Auxiliary Bishop of Paris for four years.

Biography

He was born in Paris on 22 February 1947, one of his parents' three sons. He earned a licenciate in philosophy and a doctorate in theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University while living at the French Seminary in Rome.[1] He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Paris on 2 July 1971.[2]

During the next thirty years he worked in the Archdiocese as an assistant parish priest, professor at the Seminary of St. Sulpice in Issy-les Molineaux from 1977 to 1981, a delegate of the Archbishop for the Parisian seminaries from 1981 to 1984, the Superior of the Maison Saint-Augustin in Paris from 1984 to 1990, the Superior of the diocesan Seminary of Paris from 1990 to 1996, and a member of the Episcopal Council.[2][3]

Pope John Paul II appointed him Titular Bishop of Malliana and an auxiliary bishop of Paris on 12 July 1996.[4] He was consecrated a bishop on 11 October of that year[2] by the Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger; the co-consecrators were the Secretary for Relations with States in the Vatican Secretariat of State, Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, and the Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, André Vingt-Trois.

On 11 January 2001, Pope John Paul II named him Bishop of Versailles.[2] He led a diocesan synod in 2010.[3] Within the French Episcopal Conference he was a member of the commission for ordained ministry and the laity in service to the Church.[3]

Pope Francis accepted his resignation on 17 December 2020.[5] Aumonier said he had submitted his resignation a few weeks earlier than his 75th birthday as required because he lacked "sufficient energy" to continue as bishop.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Lesegretain, Claire (17 December 2020). "Mgr Éric Aumonier démissionne de sa charge d'évêque de Versailles". La Croix (in French). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Rinunce e nomine" (in Italian). Salla stampa della Sede. 11 January 2001. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "France : démission de Mgr Eric Aumonier, évêque de Versailles". Zenit (in French). 17 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  4. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXVIII. 1996. pp. 719–20. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 17.12.2020" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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