Roger Etchegaray
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His Eminence Roger Etchegaray |
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| President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace | |
Roger Etchegaray in Sarajevo, 2012
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| See | Porto-Santa Rufina |
| Appointed | 8 April 1984 |
| Term ended | 24 June 1998 |
| Predecessor | Bernardin Gantin |
| Successor | François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuán |
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| Ordination | 13 July 1947 by Jean Saint-Pierre |
| Consecration | 27 May 1969 by Gabriel Auguste François Marty |
| Created Cardinal | 30 June 1979 |
| Rank | Cardinal-Bishop |
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| Birth name | Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray |
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25 September 1922 Espelette |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʒe ɛtʃɛɡaʁaj]; born 25 September 1922, in Espelette/Ezpeleta, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) is a French cardinal of the Catholic Church (Roman Rite).
Etchegaray served as the archbishop of Marseille from 1970 to 1985 before entering the Roman Curia, where he served as President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (1984-1998) and President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum (1984–1995). He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1979.
Cardinal Etchegaray came to the attention of an international audience on Christmas Eve 2009 when he was seriously injured in an unsuccessful attack on Pope Benedict XVI as they processed into Mass at St Peter's Basilica. Etchegaray had to be hospitalised with broken bones.
Etchegaray, of Basque stock, was born in the Northern Basque Country to Jean-Batiste and Aurélie Etchegaray. The eldest of three children, he has two younger siblings, Jean and Maïté; their father worked as an agricultural mechanic.
He attended the minor seminary in Ustaritz and the major seminary in Bayonne before studying at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, from where he obtained a Licentiate of Sacred Theology and a Doctorate of Canon Law. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Jean Saint-Pierre on 13 July 1947.
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