Paul Joseph Jean Cardinal Poupard (born August 30, 1930) is a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official usually a bishop, of the Catholic Church. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A prelate is a high-ranking member of the Clergy who either is an Ordinary or ranks in precedence with ordinaries He is currently President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture and was for a time President of Interreligious Dialogue in the Roman Curia. The Pontifical Council for Culture (Pontificium Consilium de Cultura dates back to the Second Vatican Council. The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue is a Dicastery of the Roman Curia. The Roman Curia is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See and the central governing body of the entire Roman Catholic Church, together with the Pope Poupard was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985. A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official usually a bishop, of the Catholic Church.
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Biography
Poupard was born in Bouzillé, Angers, and raised in a very Catholic family and culture. A style of office, or honorific, is a term which by Tradition or Law precedes a reference to a person who holds a post or Title, or to the His Eminence is a historical style of reference for high nobility still in use in various religious contexts Santa Prassede is a Basilica in Rome, located near the major basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. This is a list of titular churches in Rome. There are 141 churches in the list of Cardinal Priests and 63 churches for the order of Cardinal Deacons The Bouzillé is a Village and commune in the Maine-et-Loire département of north-western France. Angers is a city in the Maine-et-Loire department in northwestern France about 300 km south-west of Paris. Heavily influenced by his pastor, to whom Poupard credits his vocation, he studied at the minor seminary in Beaupréau, University of Angers, and École Pratique des Hautes Études of the Sorbonne (from where he obtained his doctorates in theology and history). A pastor is an official person within a Protestant group of people and related to the positions of Priest or Bishop within the Anglican, Roman Catholic A vocation is an occupation for which a person is suited trained or qualified A minor seminary is a secondary Boarding school created for the specific purpose of enrolling teenage boys who have expressed interest in becoming Priests. Beaupréau is a commune in France and is the chief Town of the Canton of Beaupréau, Arrondissement of Cholet, in the département The Catholic University of the West is a University located in France. École pratique des hautes études is a University in Paris, France. The historic University of Paris (Université de Paris first appeared in the second half of the 13th century "STD" redirects here For other uses see STD. The Doctor of Sacred Theology ( S History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology Poupard was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Stanislas Courbe on December 18, 1954, and then taught at the Mongazon School. In a general sense the term Holy Orders refers to those in the Christian religion who have been ordained in Apostolic Succession. The ministerial orders of the Catholic Church includes both the orders of bishops and presbyters, which in Latin is sacerdos. Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) After entering the French section of the Secretariat of State in 1959, he was raised to the rank of Chaplain of His Holiness on March 20, 1965, and later Honorary Prelate of His Holiness on November 29, 1971. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Secretariat of State is the oldest Dicastery in the Roman Curia, the government of the Roman Catholic Church. Monsignor, pl monsignori is the form of address for those members of the Clergy of the Catholic Church holding certain Ecclesiastical Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Monsignor, pl monsignori is the form of address for those members of the Clergy of the Catholic Church holding certain Ecclesiastical Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Poupard was Rector of the Institut Catholique de Paris from 1972 to 1980, and also served as Vice-President of the Society of French Ecclesiastical History. The word rector ("ruler" from the Latin regere and Rector meaning "Teacher" In Latin has a number of different meanings but all of them indicate an academic The Institut Catholique de Paris, or the Catholic Institute of Paris, is a private university located in Paris, France. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) __FORCETOC__ For the Vice President of the United States, their roles and other information see Vice President of the United States. The Church of France, sometimes called the "eldest daughter of the Church" owing to its early communion (second century with the bishop of Rome is part of the worldwide
On February 2, 1979, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Paris and Titular Bishop of Usula. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) See also Bishop (Catholic Church An auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an additional bishop assigned to a Diocese because Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Main article Bishop (Catholic Church A titular bishop is a bishop of the Catholic Church who is not in charge Usilla is a Titular see of the Roman Catholic Church originally from Africa Poupard received his episcopal consecration on the following April 6 from François Cardinal Marty, with Archbishop André Pailler and Bishop Jean Orchampt serving as co-consecrators, in the Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. In the Catholic Church, a Bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the priesthood. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Gabriel Auguste François Marty ( 18 May 1904 - February 16 1994) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Paris Consecrator is a term used in the Roman Catholic Church to designate a bishop who ordains a priest to the episcopal state The Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, just beyond the outskirts of early medieval Paris, was the burial place of Merovingian kings of A year and a half later, in 1980, he received a position in the Roman Curia, the Vatican's governing body, as Pro-President of Non-Believers. The Roman Curia is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See and the central governing body of the entire Roman Catholic Church, together with the Pope In 1985, Poupard was promoted to President of Nonbelievers and, at the same time, was proclaimed a Cardinal Deacon by Pope John Paul II. A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official usually a bishop, of the Catholic Church. Pope In addition to his other presidency, Poupard became the President of the Pontifical Council for Culture in 1988. The two positions were merged in 1993. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) He remained in this position until it expired with the sede vacante after Pope John Paul II's death in 2005; Benedict XVI immediately re-appointed him as President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, and then on March 11, 2006 also appointed him President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. Sede vacante is the vacancy of the Episcopal see of a Particular church in the Canon law of the Roman Catholic Church. Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue is a Dicastery of the Roman Curia. Poupard has been interested in the relationships between faith and reason, Church and state, and science and religion from an early age. Faith and rationality are two modes of Belief that exist in varying degrees of conflict or compatibility Separation of church and state is a Political and Legal Doctrine that Government and religious institutions are to be kept separate The relationship between religion and science has long held interest for scholars particularly in the Philosophy of science, the Philosophy of religion, and
Cardinal Poupard is an accomplished scholar and author. Some of his writings have been translated into languages including Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, English, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Bulgarian (български език IPA: ɛzˈik is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group Croatian language ( hrvatski jezik) is a South Slavic language which is used primarily in Croatia, by Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina in neighbouring English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Hungarian ( magyar nyelv) is a Uralic language (more specifically a Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities This article is mainly about the spoken Korean language See Hangul for details on the native Korean writing system Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages He holds doctorates in theology and history from the Sorbonne, as well as honorary doctorates from at the Universities of Aix-en-Provence, Fu Jen, Louvain, Kyoto, Santiago de Chile, Puebla de los Angeles and the Babes-Bolyai University/Cluj-Napoca. Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology The historic University of Paris (Université de Paris first appeared in the second half of the 13th century Fu Jen Catholic University ( is a Catholic University in Sinjhuang, Taipei County, Taiwan. The Université catholique de Louvain, sometimes known as UCL, is Belgium 's largest French -speaking University, and a successor institution or is a major national university in Kyoto, Japan. It is the second oldest university in Japan and formerly one of the Imperial Universities of The University of Santiago Chile ( Usach) ( Universidad de Santiago de Chile, in Spanish) is one of the oldest public universities in Chile.
Poupard has been the Cardinal Deacon of Sant'Eugenio from 1985 to 1996 and Cardinal Priest of Santa Prassede since 1996 and was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI. Sant'Eugenio is a Titular church dedicated to St Eugenius in Viale Belle Arti Rome. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Santa Prassede is a Basilica in Rome, located near the major basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. Roman Curia Francis Arinze, Prefect of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments William Baum, Major Penitentiary Papal election process for 2005 See also Papal election Presiding over the conclave was the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger Pope Benedict XVI ( Latin: Benedictus PP XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger
On 3 September 2007 Pope Benedict accepted the resignation of Cardinal Poupard and named as his replacement Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, who will likely be made a Cardinal in the next consistory. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Gianfranco Ravasi (born 18 October 1942 in Merate, Italy) is the current President of the Pontifical Council for Culture. Ravasi had been a monsignor and the prefect of the Ambrosian Library. The Biblioteca Ambrosiana is a historical Library in Milan, also housing the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana art gallery
External links
- Bio
- The text of a speech given by Cardinal Poupard, June 27, 2001
- Pontifical Council for CultureHomepage of the Dicastery presided over by Cardinal Poupard
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