Jean-Louis Tauran | |
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| President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church | |
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| Appointed | 25 June 2007 (President) 20 December 2014 (Camerlengo) |
| Installed | 9 March 2015 (as Camerlengo) |
| Term ended | 5 July 2018 |
| Predecessor | Paul Poupard (President) and Tarcisio Bertone (Camerlengo) |
| Successor | Kevin Joseph Farrell (Camerlengo) Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot (President) |
| Other post(s) | Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine "pro hac vice" (2003-18) |
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| Ordination | 20 September 1969 by Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers |
| Consecration | 6 January 1991 by Pope John Paul II |
| Created cardinal | 21 October 2003 by Pope John Paul II |
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| Born | Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran 5 April 1943 |
| Died | 5 July 2018 (aged 75) Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Nationality | French |
| Denomination | Catholic (Roman Rite) |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Thelepte (titular see) |
Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran (French: [ʒɑ̃lwi toʁɑ̃]; 5 April 1943 – 5 July 2018) was a French cardinal of the Catholic Church. When he died, he had been the president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue since 2007 and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church since the end of 2014. He was made a cardinal in 2003 and was the Cardinal Protodeacon from 2011 to 2014. His earlier career included almost thirty years in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and several years as the Vatican's chief archivist and librarian.[1]