Jean-Louis Tauran


Jean-Louis Tauran
President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church
Appointed25 June 2007 (President)
20 December 2014 (Camerlengo)
Installed9 March 2015 (as Camerlengo)
Term ended5 July 2018
PredecessorPaul Poupard (President) and Tarcisio Bertone (Camerlengo)
SuccessorKevin 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)
Previous post(s)
  • Secretary for Relations with States (1990–2003)
  • Librarian of the Holy Roman Church (2003–07)
  • Titular Archbishop of Telephte (1990–2003)
  • Archivist of the Holy Roman Church (2003–07)
  • Protodeacon of the College of Cardinals (2011–14)
Orders
Ordination20 September 1969
by Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers
Consecration6 January 1991
by Pope John Paul II
Created cardinal21 October 2003
by Pope John Paul II
Rank
Personal details
Born
Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran

(1943-04-05)5 April 1943
Died5 July 2018(2018-07-05) (aged 75)
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
NationalityFrench
DenominationCatholic (Roman Rite)
Alma mater
Motto
  • Veritate et Caritate
  • (For truth and for love)
Coat of armsJean-Louis Tauran's coat of arms
Styles of
Jean-Louis Tauran
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeThelepte (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]

  1. ^ "30Giorni | A war of aggression would be a crime against peace (By monsignor Jean-Louis Tauran)".