Jean-Marc Aveline
{{Short description|French Catholic cardinal (born 1958)}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Cardinal
| image = Mgr Jean-Marc Aveline par Claude Truong-Ngoc juillet 2021.jpg
| caption = Aveline in 2021
| honorific_prefix = His Eminence
| name = Jean-Marc Aveline
| title = Cardinal, Archbishop of Marseille
| church = Roman Catholic Church
| archdiocese = Marseille
| see = Marseille
| appointed = 8 August 2019
| term_start = 15 September 2019
| predecessor = Georges Pontier
| other_post = Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria ai Monti (2022–present)
| ordination = 3 November 1984
| ordained_by = Louis Dufaux
| consecration = 26 January 2014
| consecrated_by = Georges Pontier
| cardinal = 27 August 2022
| created_cardinal_by = Pope Francis
| rank = Cardinal priest
| birth_name = Jean-Marc Noël Aveline
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1958|12|26}}
| birth_place = Sidi Bel Abbès, French Algeria
| previous_post = {{plainlist|
- Titular Bishop of Simidicca (2013–2019)
- Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille (2013–2019)
}}
| education = Carmes Seminary
| alma_mater = Catholic University of Paris
Sorbonne University
| motto = Que tout se passe selon ta parole
("May it be done to me according to Your word")
| coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Jean Marc Aveline.svg
}}
{{Infobox cardinal styles
| name = Jean-Marc Aveline
| dipstyle = His Eminence
| offstyle = Your Eminence
| relstyle = Cardinal
| image = Coat of arms of Jean Marc Aveline.svg
| image_size = 220px
}}
Jean-Marc Noël Aveline ({{IPA|fr|ʒɑ̃maʁk av(ə)lin}}; born 26 December 1958) is a French Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Marseille since 2019. He was previously an auxiliary bishop there from 2013 to 2019. Pope Francis made him a cardinal in 2022.
Aveline was named by several media outlets as papabile, meaning he was a possible candidate in the 2025 papal conclave.{{Cite news |date=21 April 2025 |title=Who could be the next pope? Some possible candidates |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/who-might-succeed-pope-francis-some-possible-candidates-2025-04-21/ |access-date=21 April 2025 |work=Reuters}}{{cite news |title=Who are the top contenders to be the next pope? Experts weigh in |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/top-contenders-pope-experts-weigh/story?id=121011243|newspaper=ABC News |date=April 21, 2025 |access-date=April 24, 2025}}{{cite news |title=Who will be next pope after Francis? Key contenders ahead of conclave. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2025/04/21/next-pope-after-francis-conclave-contenders/|newspaper=Washington Post |date=April 21, 2025 |access-date=April 24, 2025}}
Biography
Jean-Marc Aveline was born on 26 December 1958 in Sidi Bel Abbes, in French Algeria. In 1966 his family moved to Marseille. His father was a railway worker and the family lived in SNCF housing in the Saint-Barthélemy neighborhood.{{cite interview | access-date = 18 August 2019 | date = 9 August 2019 | language = fr | url = https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/marseille/entretien-defis-du-nouvel-archeveque-marseille-mgr-jean-marc-aveline-1708884.html | title = Entretien : les défis du nouvel archevêque de Marseille, Mgr Jean-Marc Aveline | publisher = France3 | first = Jean-Marc | last = Aveline }} He was educated in Marseille at Lycée Victor-Hugo and then for two years at {{ill|Lycée Thiers|fr}}. He studied at the inter-diocesan seminary of Avignon from 1977 to 1979. He then joined the Carmes Seminary of Paris to study at the Catholic University of Paris where he earned a doctorate in theology in 2000. He also earned a licenciate in philosophy at the Sorbonne.
He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Marseille on 3 November 1984. He taught theology and taught at the seminary in Aix-en-Provence and performed parish work at the Saint-Marcel parish. Moving to the parish of Saint-Pierre and Saint Paul, he served as episcopal vicar for permanent formation from 1987 to 2007. He led the Archdiocese's vocation service from 1991 to 1996.
In 1992 he founded the Institut des sciences et de théologie des religions of Marseille (ISTR) and was its director for the next ten years. He was director from 1995 to 2013 of the Institut Saint-Jean, which in 1998 became the Catholic Institute of the Mediterranean and developed an association with the Faculty of Theology of Lyon. He also taught at the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Lyon from 1997 to 2007. In 2007 he became vicar general of the Archdiocese of Marseille.
He was named to a five-year term as a consultant to the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue in 2007.{{cite press release | access-date = 18 August 2019 | date= 20 November 2007 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | language = it | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2007/11/20/0610/01650.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 20.11.2007 }}{{cite news | work = La Croix | access-date = 18 August 2019 | date= 8 August 2019 | language = fr | title = Mgr Jean-Marc Aveline, un fidèle artisan du dialogue interreligieux pour Marseille | first = Arnaud | last = Bevilacqua | url = https://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Catholicisme/France/Mgr-Jean-Marc-Aveline-fidele-artisan-dialogue-interreligieux-Marseille-2019-08-08-1201040081# }}
On 19 December 2013, Pope Francis named him Titular Bishop of Simidicca and Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille.{{cite press release | access-date = 18 August 2019 | date= 8 August 2019 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | language = it | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2013/12/19/0854/01923.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 19.12.2013 }} He received his episcopal consecration on 26 January 2014 in the Marseille Cathedral from Georges Pontier, Archbishop of Marseille.{{cite web | access-date = 10 November 2019 | url = https://www.chretiensdelamediterranee.com/reportage-sur-lordination-episcopale-du-pere-jean-marc-aveline-co-fondateur-et-parrain-de-chretiens-de-la-mediterranee/ | language = fr | title = Reportage Sur L'Ordination Du Père Jean-Marc Aveline, Co-Fondateur Et Parrain De Chrétiens De La Méditerranée | date= 6 February 2014 | website = Chrétiens de la Méditerranée}}
Within the Episcopal Conference of France he has headed the council for interreligious relations since 2017.
On 8 August 2019, Pope Francis named him Archbishop of Marseille.{{cite press release | access-date = 18 August 2019 | date= 8 August 2019 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2019/08/08/190808a.html | title = Resignations and Appointments, 08.08.2019 }} He was installed there on 15 September.{{cite news| date= 16 September 2019 |url = https://www.laprovence.com/article/edition-marseille/5675842/mgr-aveline-fait-cathedrale-comble.html | access-date = 9 October 2019 | title =Marseille: le nouvel archevêque Mgr Aveline fait cathédrale comble | language = fr |newspaper = La Province }}{{cite video | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmyIm1vsU6s | language = fr | title=Messe d'installation de Mgr Jean-Marc Aveline |trans-title = Mass for the instillation of Msgr. Aveline in the cathedral of Marseille | website = Youtube | publisher = Marseille Catholique}} On 13 July 2022, Pope Francis named him a member of the Dicastery for Bishops.{{cite press release | access-date = 13 July 2022 | date = 13 July 2022 | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2022/07/13/0533/01074.html | title = Rinunce e nomine, 13.07.2022 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}}
On 27 August 2022, Pope Francis made him a Cardinal-Priest, assigning him the title of Santa Maria ai Monti.{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2022/documents/ns_lit_doc_20220827_titoli-diaconie-nuovi-cardinali_it.html|title=Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali|date=27 August 2022|website=The Holy See|publisher=Ufficio delle Celebrazioni Liturgiche del Sommo Pontefice|language=it|trans-title=Assignment of Titles and Deaconries to the new Cardinals|access-date=29 August 2022|archive-url=|archive-date=}}
On 17 September 2024, Pope Francis appointed Aveline as the Holy See’s special envoy for the Archdiocese of Quebec’s 350th anniversary celebrations on September 20–22.{{cite news |last1=Millare|first1=Kristina |title=Pope Francis appoints special envoy for Quebec Archdiocese of Quebec's 350th anniversary celebrations|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/259333/pope-francis-appoints-special-envoy-for-quebec-archdiocese-s-350th-anniversary-celebrations |accessdate=September 19, 2024 |work=Catholic News Agency |date=September 17, 2024}}
On 23 October 2024, the Synod of Bishops elected Aveline a member of the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops.{{cite news |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2024-10/synod-elects-new-members-secretariat-ordinary-council.html |title=Synod elects new members to Ordinary Council |work=Vatican News |date=24 October 2024 |access-date=24 October 2024}}
Several Vaticanists have argued that the French President, Emmanuel Macron, "maneuvered" in order to promote and support his candidacy during the conclave.{{Cite news |last=Spuntoni |first=Nico |date=27 April 2025 |title=Verso il Conclave, le manovre di Macron per l'elezione di un papa francese |url=https://www.iltempo.it/attualita/2025/04/27/news/conclave-dopo-francesco-bergoglio-manovre-emmanuel-macron-elezione-papa-francese-42419152/}}
See also
References
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External links
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- {{cite web|url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_aveline_jm.html|title =Aveline Card. Jean-Marc|website=Holy See Press Office|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828005137/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_aveline_jm.html|archive-date=28 August 2022|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web | url = http://www.eglise.catholique.fr/conference-des-eveques-de-france/eveques/eveque.html?evequeID=177 | title = Mgr Jean-Marc Aveline | website = Église catholique en France| date = 4 September 2023 }}
- [https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/baveline.html Jean-Marc Aveline] Catholic-Hierarchy.org
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