Andre Vingt-Trois
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His Eminence André Vingt-Trois |
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Vingt-Trois presiding at Mass in Notre-Dame Cathedral, 8 November 2012
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| Church | Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris |
| Archdiocese | Paris |
| Appointed | 11 February 2005 |
| Installed | 5 March 2005 |
| Predecessor | Jean-Marie Lustiger |
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| Ordination | 28 June 1969 by François Marty |
| Consecration | 14 October 1988 by Jean-Marie Lustiger |
| Created Cardinal | 24 November 2007 by Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | André Armand Vingt-Trois |
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7 November 1942 Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | Sic enim Deus Dilexit Mundum (For God so Loved the World) |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Paris |
André Armand Vingt-Trois (pronounced: [andʁe aʁmɑ̃ vɛ̃‿tʁwa]) (born 7 November 1942) is a French cardinal of the Catholic Church. He currently serves as Archbishop of Paris, having previously served as Archbishop of Tours from 1999 to 2005. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007.
André Vingt-Trois was born in Paris to Armand Vingt-Trois and Paulette (née Vuillamy). His surname, which is French for "twenty-three", is probably from an ancestor who, as a child or baby, was abandoned and found on the 23rd day of the month. Vingt-Trois completed his secondary studies at the Lycée Henri IV and entered the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice at Issy-les-Moulineaux in 1962. He then attended the Institut Catholique de Paris, from where he obtained his licentiate in moral theology. From 1964 to 1965, Vingt-Trois performed his military service in Germany. He was ordained to the diaconate by Bishop Daniel Pezeril in October 1968 and to the priesthood by Cardinal François Marty on 28 June 1969.
During his priestly ministry, he worked especially in parochial catechetics and the formation of the laity. From 1974 to 1981, Vingt-Trois was vicar at the Parisian parish of Sainte-Jeanne de Chantal. He then served as director of his alma mater of the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice until 1988, also teaching moral and sacramental theology there. Vingt-Trois participated in different pastoral movements, including the Centre de préparation au mariage and the sessions of permanent formation of the clergy. He was later named vicar general of Paris, and was charged with the diocesan formation (the cathedral school and diocesan seminary), of the means of communications (Radio Notre-Dame, Paris Notre-Dame, Centre d'Information), of the familial pastoral, of the chaplains of public education and of catechetics.
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