Louis-Marie Billé

His Eminence
Louis-Marie Billé
Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon
Church Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese Lyon
Predecessor Jean Marie Balland
Successor Philippe Barbarin
Orders
Ordination 25 March 1962
Consecration 19 May 1984
Created Cardinal 21 February 2001
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born (1938-02-18)18 February 1938
Fleury-les-Aubrais, France
Died 12 March 2002(2002-03-12) (aged 64)
Bordeaux, France
Styles of
Louis-Marie Billé
Reference style His Eminence
Spoken style Your Eminence
Informal style Cardinal
See Lyon

Louis-Marie Billé (18 February 1938 12 March 2002) was a French clergyman, archbishop of Lyon from 6 September 1998 and a cardinal until his death in office.

Life

Louis Marie Billé studied Catholic Theology and Philosophy in Luçon, Angers (Catholic University of the West), Rome and Jerusalem, specialising in Biblical Theology. His career in the clergy began on 25 March 1962 when he was ordained priest for the diocese of Luçon.

From 1966 to 1972 he worked as a lecturer at the priests' seminary in Luçon, and from 1972 to 1977 he performed the same task at the seminary of La Roche-sur-Yon.

Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Laval on 10 May 1984, transferring him in 1995 to the diocese of Aix, Arles and Embrun. He would become Archbishop of Lyon on 10 July 1998. On 21 February 2001 he was appointed to the College of Cardinals with the title of Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli. Later in the same year the title of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio was transferred to him.

Cardinal Billé died in Bordeaux on 12 March 2002 after a serious illness and was entombed in Lyon cathedral. He was succeeded as Archbishop of Lyon by Bishop (later Cardinal) Philippe Barbarin.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Paul-Louis Carrière
Bishop of Laval
10 May 1984 - 1995
Succeeded by
Armand Maillard
Preceded by
Bernard Panafieu
Bishop of Aix, Arles and Embrun
1995 - 10 July 1998
Succeeded by
Claude Feidt
Preceded by
Jean Marie Balland
Archbishop of Lyon
10 July 1998 - 12 March 2002
Succeeded by
Philippe Barbarin
Preceded by
Leo Joseph Suenens
Cardinal-Priest of the San Pietro in Vincoli
21/02 – 1/03/1998
Succeeded by
Pio Laghi



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