Philippe Barbarin


Philippe Barbarin
Archbishop Emeritus of Lyon
Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio
Barbarin in 2008
ChurchCatholic Church
SeeLyon
Appointed16 July 2002
Installed14 September 2002
Term ended6 March 2020
PredecessorLouis-Marie Billé
SuccessorOlivier de Germay
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination17 December 1977
by Robert Marie-Joseph François de Provenchères
Consecration22 November 1998
by Philibert Randriambololona
Created cardinal21 October 2003
by Pope John Paul II
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Philippe Xavier Ignace Barbarin

(1950-10-17) 17 October 1950
NationalityFrench
DenominationRoman Catholic
MottoQu'ils soient un
Coat of arms
Styles of
Philippe Barbarin
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeLyon

Philippe Xavier Christian Ignace Marie Barbarin (born 17 October 1950) is a French Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Lyon from 2002 to 2020. He was made a cardinal in 2003. He was convicted in 2019 of failing to report alleged sex abuse by a priest and was given a suspended six-month prison sentence. The same year, Barbarin turned the archdiocese over to an administrator while he appealed his case. His conviction was overturned in 2020 but Pope Francis accepted his resignation just over a month later.