François Bacqué

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His Excellency, The Most Reverend

François Bacqué
Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of the Netherlands
Titular Archbishop of Gradisca
File:Mgr Bacqué.jpg
Archbishop Bacqué, 2018
ChurchCatholic Church
Appointed27 February 2001
Retired15 December 2011
PredecessorAngelo Acerbi
SuccessorAndré Dupuy
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination1 October 1966
by Paul Marie André Richaud
Consecration3 September 1988
by Agostino Casaroli, Marius Maziers and Thierry Jordan
Personal details
Born(1936-02-09)9 February 1936
Bordeaux, France
Died9 November 2023(2023-11-09) (aged 87)
Rome, Italy
MottoServus Et Legatus
(Servant and Ambassador)
Coat of armsFrançois Bacqué's coat of arms
Styles of
François Bacqué
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Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleArchbishop

François Robert Bacqué (French: [fʀɑ̃swa ʀɔbɛʀ bake]; 2 September 1936 – 9 November 2023) was a French prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, fulfilling several assignments as an apostolic nuncio.

Biography

François Robert Bacqué was born in Bordeaux, France, on 2 September 1936 and ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Bordeaux on 1 October 1966.[1] He completed a year of pastoral work at the parish of Notre-Dame d'Arcachon.[2] Pope John Paul II appointed him titular archbishop of Gradisca and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sri Lanka on 17 June 1988.[1] He received his episcopal consecration on 3 September 1988[2] from Cardinal Agostino Casaroli, the Secretary of State.[citation needed] Pope John Paul named him Apostolic Nuncio to the Dominican Republic on 7 June 1994[3] and on 27 February 2001 Apostolic Nuncio to the Netherlands.[1] Bacqué retired upon the appointment of his successor in the Netherlands, André Dupuy, on 15 December 2011.[4][5] He died in Rome on 9 November, at the age of 87.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Rinunce e Nomine, 27.02.2001" [Resignations and Appointments, 27.02.2001] (Press release) (in italiano). Holy See Press Office. 27 February 2001. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "S. Exc. Mgr François Bacqué" [H.E. Msgr. François Bacqué]. Église Catholique de France (in français). Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  3. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis [Acts of the Apostolic See] (PDF) (in Latina). Vol. LXXXVI. 1994. p. 614. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Retraite pour Mgr François Bacqué, ancien nonce apostolique" [Retirement for Bishop François Bacqué, former Apostolic Nuncio]. La Croix (in français). 16 December 2011. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 15.12.2011" [Resignations and Appointments, 15.12.2011] (Press release) (in italiano). Holy See Press Office. 15 December 2011. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Mgr François Bacqué, ancien nonce français, est mort". La Croix. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
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