Background
Tauran, Jean Louis Pierre Cardinal was born on April 5, 1943 in Bordeaux, France.
Tauran, Jean Louis Pierre Cardinal was born on April 5, 1943 in Bordeaux, France.
Data Control Language, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, 1973. Student, Catholic Institute, Toulouse. Student, Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Rome.
Ordained priest Archdiocese of Bordeaux, France, 1969, parochial vicar, 1969—1975. Diplomatic posts to Dominican Republican & Lebanon Secretariat of State of Vatican City, 1975—1988. Undersecretary Council for Public Affairs of the Church, 1988—1990.
Secretary Secretariat of State of Vatican City, 1990—2003. Ordained bishop, 1991. Elevated to cardinal, 2003.
Cardinal-deacon S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine, since 2003. Archivist Vatican Secret Archives, Rome, 2003—2007. Librarian Vatican Library, 2003—2007.
President Pontifical Council Inter-religious Dialogue, since 2007. Member Congregations for Bishops, for the Doctrine of the Faith, for the Oriental Churches, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See.