Jean Laffitte
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Jean Laffitte |
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| Prelate of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta | |
| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Appointed | 4 July 2015 |
| Predecessor | Angelo Acerbi |
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| Ordination | 2 July 1989 |
| Consecration | 15 December 2009 by Tarcisio Bertone, with Renato Raffaele Martino and Giuseppe Molinari |
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| Born |
May 5, 1952 Oloron-Sainte-Marie, France |
| Previous post | Vice-President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family |
| Motto | Servus Domini Cordis |
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Styles of Jean Laffitte |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Monsignor or Doctor |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
Jean Clément Marie Gérard Joseph Françoise Georges Laffitte (born at Oloron-Sainte-Marie in France, 5 May 1952) is a Roman Catholic bishop. He has had an academic career and served in several positions in the Roman Curia. He has been Prelate of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta since 4 July 2015.
Laffitte attended the University of Toulouse, graduating with a degree in Political Science in 1973. He was also educated at the Universities of Cambridge in 1979 and Salamanca in 1980.
In 1984 he entered the Pontifical French Seminary in Rome where he read philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, receiving the degrees of Bachelor of Theology and Philosophy in 1988. He was ordained as a priest on 2 July 1989 in the diocese of Autun and is a member of the Community of Emmanuel.
He pursued his studies at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family and earned a doctorate in moral theology.
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