Paul Desfarges

Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges (born 7 May 1944) in Saint-Etienne in Loire (department) is a Jesuit French-Algerian Catholic Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Algiers in Algeria since 2016.

The Most Reverend

Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges

S.J.
Archbishop of Algiers
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseAlgiers
SeeAlgiers
Appointed24 December 2016
Installed10 February 2017
PredecessorGhaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader
Other postsPresident of the North African Regional Episcopal Conference (2015-)
Orders
Ordination14 June 1975
Consecration12 February 2009
by Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader
RankArchbishop
Personal details
Birth namePaul Jacques Marie Desfarges
Born (1944-05-07) 7 May 1944
Saint-Etienne, Loire, France
Previous post
MottoTa volonté soit faite ("Your will be done")

Biography

Desfarges arrives in Algeria in 1965 for military service. He teaches as a civilian in a White Fathers school to Ghardaia, southern Algeria.

Returning to France, he decided to become a Jesuit and joined the novitiate of the Society of Jesus on 14 October 1967. After his vows as religious and theological studies he was ordained priest on 14 June 1975. Desfarges made his solemn profession on 30 April 1981.

Desfarges spent nearly 30 years in Constantine, where, among others, teaches psychology at the University from 1976 to 2006. In 1982, he won the Algerian nationality.

From 2006 he headed the spiritual center Ben Smen to Algiers, while the upper Algiers Jesuit community.

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him bishop of Constantine and Hippo on 21 November 2008.[1] He succeeded Bishop Gabriel Piroird who retired for reasons of age.

Desfarges was consecrated on 12 February 2009 and installed as the bishop of Constantine eight days later.

On December 24, 2016 Pope Francis named Desfarges the Archbishop of Algiers.

References
  1. Eglise Catholique de france: "Mgr Paul Desfarges" retrieved November 5, 2015
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.