Background
Ricard, Jean-Pierre Bernard Cardinal was born on September 25, 1944 in Marseille, France. Son of Georges and Jeanine Ricard.
Ricard, Jean-Pierre Bernard Cardinal was born on September 25, 1944 in Marseille, France. Son of Georges and Jeanine Ricard.
Business Level, Lyceums of Saint-Charles and Périer. Graduate, Institut Catholique de Paris.
Ordained priest Archdiocese of Marseille, France, 1968. Vicar Sainte-Émilie de Vialar parish, 1970—1978. Head Center of Religious Culture of Mistral, 1975—1981.
Pastor Sainte-Marguerite parish, 1981—1988. Regional theologian for pastoral, 1986—1993. General secretary Diocesan Synod of Marseille, 1988—1991.
Vicar general Cardinal Robert Coffy, Archbishop of Marseille, 1988—1993. Ordained bishop, 1993. Auxiliary bishop Diocese of Grenoble, France, 1993—1996.
Bishop Diocese of Montpellier, France, 1996—2001. Archbishop Archdiocese of Bordeaux, France, since 2001. Elevated to Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI, 2006.
Cardinal-priest S. Agostino, since 2006.
Member of Conference Bishops France (vice president 1999, president since 2001).