Background
Coffy, Robert Cardinal was born on October 24, 1920 in Le Biot, Haute Savoie, France. Son of Jean and Henriette (Morand) Coffy.
Coffy, Robert Cardinal was born on October 24, 1920 in Le Biot, Haute Savoie, France. Son of Jean and Henriette (Morand) Coffy.
Student, Petit Séminaire de Thonon Les Bains, Haute Savoie. Student, Grand Séminaire d'Annecy, Haute Savoie. Graduate, Faculté de Théologie de Lyon, Rhone.
Licentiate in Theology.
Vicar à Bernex, Roman Catholic Church, 1946-1948; professor au Petit Séminaire de Thonon les Bains, Roman Catholic Church, 1948-1949; professor de dogme au Grand Séminaire d'Annecy, Roman Catholic Church, 1949-1952; supérieur du Grand Séminaire d'Annecy, Roman Catholic Church, 1952-1967; vicaire général du diocèse d'Annecy, Roman Catholic Church, 1956; eveque de Gap, Roman Catholic Church, 1967-1974; archbishop d'Albi, Roman Catholic Church, 1974-1985; archbishop de Marseille, Roman Catholic Church, since 1985; cardinal, Roman Catholic Church, since 1991. Former member Conseil Permanent Episcopat Francais, Paris.