Olivier de Germay


Olivier de Germay
Metropolitan archbishop of Lyon
Primate of the Gauls
de Germay in 2017
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseLyon
ProvinceLyon
Appointed22 October 2020
Installed20 December 2020
PredecessorPhilippe Barbarin
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination17 May 1998
by Émile Marcus
Consecration14 April 2012
by Georges Pontier
Personal details
Born
Olivier Jacques Marie Certain de Germay de Cirfontaine[1]

(1960-09-18) 18 September 1960 (age 64)
NationalityFrench
DenominationRoman Catholic
Alma mater
MottoLatin: Christus dilexit Ecclesiam, lit.'Christ loved the Church'
Coat of arms

Olivier Jacques Marie Certain de Germay de Cirfontaine (born 18 September 1960) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who has been metropolitan archbishop of Lyon since December 2020. He served as bishop of Ajaccio from 2012 to 2020. Before taking up his clerical career, he served as a paratrooper in the French army.

  1. ^ "Family tree of Olivier DE GERMAY".