Background
Panafieu, Bernard Louis Auguste Paul was born on January 26, 1931 in Châtellerault, Vienne, France. Son of André and Madeleine (Doussière) Panafieu.
Panafieu, Bernard Louis Auguste Paul was born on January 26, 1931 in Châtellerault, Vienne, France. Son of André and Madeleine (Doussière) Panafieu.
Student, Institute Études Sociales, Paris.
Vicar, Saint-Sauveur-de-Mazamet chaplain, Lycée la Pérouse, Albi, France, 1962-1967; chaplain, U. Toulouse, France, 1967-1970; curiale dean, Brassac, 1971-1974; secretary-general, Rectory Council, Albi, 1973-1974; auxiliary bishop, Annecy, France, 1974-1978; archbishop, Aix-en-Provence and Arles, France, since 1978; archbishop coadjutor, Marseille, France, since 1994. President World-Wide Episcopal Commission Academics and professors, since 1985.