Jean-Marie Villot

His Eminence

Jean-Marie Villot
Secretary of State
SeeFrascati
Appointed2 May 1969
Term ended9 March 1979
PredecessorAmleto Giovanni Cicognani
SuccessorAgostino Casaroli
Other post(s)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination19 April 1930
by Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart
Consecration12 October 1954
by Maurice Feltin
Created cardinal22 February 1965
by Pope Paul VI
RankCardinal-Bishop
Personal details
Born(1905-10-11)11 October 1905
Died9 March 1979(1979-03-09) (aged 73)
Vatican City
NationalityFrench
Mottoauxilium a domino
Coat of armsJean-Marie Villot's coat of arms

Jean-Marie Villot (11 October 1905 – 9 March 1979) was a French prelate and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Lyon from 1965 to 1967, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 1967 to 1969, Vatican Secretary of State from 1969 to 1979, and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church from 1970 to 1979. He was made a cardinal in 1965.