1. On 24 June 2019, Barbarin lost his status as leader of the Archdiocese of Lyon, though he retained the title of Archbishop.
22 Facts About Philippe Barbarin
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Philippe Barbarin's conviction was overturned on appeal on 30 January 2020, but Pope Francis accepted Barbarin's resignation as Archbishop of Lyon on 6 March 2020.
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Philippe Barbarin was born in 1950 in Rabat, French Morocco, then a French protectorate, into a large family with six sisters, two of whom are nuns, and four brothers.
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Philippe Barbarin studied at the public Lycee Marcellin Berthelot in Saint-Maur and then in Paris at the Catholic College des Francs-Bourgeois, where he completed his baccalaureate.
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Philippe Barbarin studied philosophy at the Major Seminary of Paris, the Institute for Comparative Philosophy, and the Sorbonne, interrupted for a time by military service.
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Philippe Barbarin was ordained on 17 December 1977 by Bishop Robert de Provencheres of Creteil.
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Philippe Barbarin held a variety of pastoral assignments in France until 1994, when he taught theology in the Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar.
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Philippe Barbarin was named Archbishop of Lyon on 16 July 2002.
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Philippe Barbarin was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI and in the 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis.
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In 2010, Philippe Barbarin created a programme at the diocesan seminary to prepare for the priesthood any Francophone candidate who wished, in accordance with the tradition in which he was raised, to celebrate Mass according to the 1962 Roman Missal.
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Philippe Barbarin has been "at the forefront of Islamic-Christian dialogue".
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Philippe Barbarin suffered a double heart attack on a flight from Lyon to 2013 World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro.
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Philippe Barbarin was taken to a hospital in Cayenne, French Guiana, where he received a coronary angiography.
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Philippe Barbarin was transferred to Fort de France, Martinique, where he underwent a triple bypass operation on 23 July 2013.
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The victims invoked their right to press charges, and Philippe Barbarin's trial began on 7 January 2019.
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Philippe Barbarin said he intended to meet with Pope Francis and resign as Archbishop of Lyon.
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Philippe Barbarin was reported to have planned to resign "for the good of the Archdiocese" no matter what the verdict.
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Philippe Barbarin submitted his resignation to Pope Francis in person on 18 March 2019.
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Francis, "invoking the presumption of innocence", refused the resignation and asked Philippe Barbarin to take whatever action he thought appropriate.
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On 24 June 2019, Pope Francis named Michel Dubost, Bishop emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, to serve as apostolic administrator sede plena of the Archdiocese, which meant Dubost had authority over the affairs of the archdiocese while Philippe Barbarin retained his archbishop's title.
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Philippe Barbarin's conviction was overturned on appeal on 30 January 2020.
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Philippe Barbarin said he planned to meet with Pope Francis to submit his resignation again.