Archbishop Georges Paul Pontier

Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France

Apostolic Administrator of Avignon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 May 1943		Born
3 Jul 1966	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
2 Feb 1988	44.7	Appointed	Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
20 Mar 1988	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
5 Aug 1996	53.2	Appointed	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
12 May 2006	63.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Marseille, France
11 Jun 2006	63.1	Installed	Archbishop of Marseille, France
8 Aug 2019	76.2	Retired	Archbishop of Marseille, France
11 Jan 2021	77.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Avignon, France

MicroData Summary for Georges Paul Pontier
Archbishop Georges Paul Pontier (born 1 May 1943) Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille

Ad Limina - December 2012: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Lavaur
Ordained Bishop Palais des Congres, Digne, Diocese of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron)

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Marseille.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Claude Marie Joseph Dupuy †
Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur)
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Robert-Joseph Coffy †
Archbishop of Marseille
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Bernard Louis Auguste Paul Panafieu †
Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun)
Archbishop Joseph-Marie-Henri Rabine †
Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Robert-Joseph Coffy † (1967)
Archbishop of Marseille
Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Étienne Sauvage † (1962)
Bishop of Annecy
Achille Cardinal Liénart † (1928)
Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny
Bishop Charles-Albert-Joseph Lecomte † (1921)
Bishop of Amiens
Bishop Héctor Raphaël Quilliet † (1914)
Bishop of Lille
Archbishop Jean-Arthur Chollet † (1910)
Archbishop of Cambrai
Archbishop Louis-Ernest Dubois † (1901)
Archbishop of Bourges
Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils † (1898)
Bishop of Le Mans
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Olivier Jacques Marie de Germay de Cirfontaine (2012)
Archbishop Jean-Marc Noël Aveline (2014)
Bishop Jean-Philippe Paul Nault, S.J.M.V. (2015)
Bishop Xavier Maurice Henri Malle, Comm. l'Emm. (2017)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Michel Pierre Marie Mouïsse (2000)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Lavaur
Ordained Bishop	Palais des Congres, Digne, Diocese of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron)

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 12 May 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 108, Number 9,533
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 127
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 142
r: Bollettino, 8 Aug 2019
ab: CB, 11 Jan 2021

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