{{Short description|French Catholic cardinal (born 1958)}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | image = Mgr Jean-Marc Aveline par Claude Truong-Ngoc juillet 2021.jpg | caption = Aveline in 2021 | honorific_prefix = [[Eminence (style)|His Eminence]] | name = Jean-Marc Aveline | title = [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Marseille|Archbishop of Marseille]] | church = [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] | archdiocese = Marseille | see = Marseille | appointed = 8 August 2019 | term_start = 15 September 2019 | predecessor = [[Georges Pontier]] | other_post = Cardinal Priest of [[Santa Maria ai Monti]] (2022–present) | ordination = 3 November 1984 | ordained_by = [[Louis Dufaux]] | consecration = 26 January 2014 | consecrated_by = Georges Pontier | cardinal = 27 August 2022 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Francis]] | rank = [[Cardinal priest]] | birth_name = Jean-Marc Noël Aveline | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1958|12|26}} | birth_place = [[Sidi Bel Abbès]], [[French Algeria]] | previous_post = {{plainlist| * [[Simidicca|Titular Bishop of Simidicca]] (2013–2019) * Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille (2013–2019) }} | education = [[Carmes Seminary]] | alma_mater = [[Catholic University of Paris]]<br>[[University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne|Sorbonne University]] | motto = ''Que tout se passe selon ta parole''<br>("May it be done to me according to Your word") | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Jean Marc Aveline.svg }}
'''Jean-Marc Noël Aveline''' ({{IPA|fr|ʒɑ̃maʁk av(ə)lin}}; born 26 December 1958) is a [[Catholic Church in France|French Catholic]] prelate who has served as [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Marseille|Archbishop of Marseille]] since 2019. He was previously an [[auxiliary bishop]] there from 2013 to 2019. [[Pope Francis]] made him a [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] in 2022.
Aveline was named by several media outlets as ''[[papabile]]'', meaning he was a [[2025 papal conclave papabili|possible candidate]] in the [[2025 papal conclave]].<ref name="Reuters Papabille">{{Cite news |date=21 April 2025 |title=Who could be the next pope? Some possible candidates |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/who-might-succeed-pope-francis-some-possible-candidates-2025-04-21/ |access-date=21 April 2025 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Who are the top contenders to be the next pope? Experts weigh in |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/top-contenders-pope-experts-weigh/story?id=121011243|newspaper=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=April 21, 2025 |access-date=April 24, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Who will be next pope after Francis? Key contenders ahead of conclave. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2025/04/21/next-pope-after-francis-conclave-contenders/|newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=April 21, 2025 |access-date=April 24, 2025}}</ref>
==Biography== Jean-Marc Aveline was born on 26 December 1958 in [[Sidi Bel Abbes]], in [[French Algeria]].<ref name=bio/> In 1966 his family moved to [[Marseille]]. His father was a railway worker and the family lived in SNCF housing in the Saint-Barthélemy neighborhood.<ref>{{cite interview | access-date = 18 August 2019 | date = 9 August 2019 | language = fr | url = https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/marseille/entretien-defis-du-nouvel-archeveque-marseille-mgr-jean-marc-aveline-1708884.html | title = Entretien : les défis du nouvel archevêque de Marseille, Mgr Jean-Marc Aveline | publisher = France3 | first = Jean-Marc | last = Aveline }}</ref> He was educated in Marseille at Lycée Victor-Hugo and then for two years at {{ill|Lycée Thiers|fr}}. He studied at the inter-diocesan seminary of [[Avignon]] from 1977 to 1979. He then joined the [[Carmes Seminary]] of Paris to study at the [[Institut Catholique de Paris|Catholic University of Paris]] where he earned a doctorate in theology in 2000. He also earned a licenciate in philosophy at the [[University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne|Sorbonne]].<ref name=bio/>
He was ordained a priest of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Marseille|Archdiocese of Marseille]] on 3 November 1984. He taught theology and taught at the seminary in Aix-en-Provence and performed parish work at the Saint-Marcel parish. Moving to the parish of Saint-Pierre and Saint Paul, he served as episcopal vicar for permanent formation from 1987 to 2007. He led the Archdiocese's vocation service from 1991 to 1996.
In 1992 he founded the Institut des sciences et de théologie des religions of Marseille (ISTR) and was its director for the next ten years. He was director from 1995 to 2013 of the Institut Saint-Jean, which in 1998 became the Catholic Institute of the Mediterranean and developed an association with the Faculty of Theology of Lyon. He also taught at the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Lyon from 1997 to 2007. In 2007 he became vicar general of the Archdiocese of Marseille.<ref name="bio" /><ref name="artisan" />
He was named to a five-year term as a consultant to the [[Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 18 August 2019 | date= 20 November 2007 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | language = it | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2007/11/20/0610/01650.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 20.11.2007 }}</ref><ref name=artisan>{{cite news | work = La Croix | access-date = 18 August 2019 | date= 8 August 2019 | language = fr | title = Mgr Jean-Marc Aveline, un fidèle artisan du dialogue interreligieux pour Marseille | first = Arnaud | last = Bevilacqua | url = https://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Catholicisme/France/Mgr-Jean-Marc-Aveline-fidele-artisan-dialogue-interreligieux-Marseille-2019-08-08-1201040081# }}</ref>
On 19 December 2013, [[Pope Francis]] named him Titular Bishop of [[Simidicca]] and Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille.<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 18 August 2019 | date= 8 August 2019 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | language = it | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2013/12/19/0854/01923.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 19.12.2013 }}</ref> He received his episcopal consecration on 26 January 2014 in the [[Marseille Cathedral]] from [[Georges Pontier]], Archbishop of Marseille.<ref>{{cite web | access-date = 10 November 2019 | url = https://www.chretiensdelamediterranee.com/reportage-sur-lordination-episcopale-du-pere-jean-marc-aveline-co-fondateur-et-parrain-de-chretiens-de-la-mediterranee/ | language = fr | title = Reportage Sur L'Ordination Du Père Jean-Marc Aveline, Co-Fondateur Et Parrain De Chrétiens De La Méditerranée | date= 6 February 2014 | website = Chrétiens de la Méditerranée}}</ref>
Within the [[Episcopal Conference of France]] he has headed the council for interreligious relations since 2017.<ref name=artisan/>
On 8 August 2019, Pope Francis named him Archbishop of Marseille.<ref name=bio>{{cite press release | access-date = 18 August 2019 | date= 8 August 2019 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2019/08/08/190808a.html | title = Resignations and Appointments, 08.08.2019 }}</ref> He was installed there on 15 September.<ref>{{cite news| date= 16 September 2019 |url = https://www.laprovence.com/article/edition-marseille/5675842/mgr-aveline-fait-cathedrale-comble.html | access-date = 9 October 2019 | title =Marseille: le nouvel archevêque Mgr Aveline fait cathédrale comble | language = fr |newspaper = La Province }}</ref><ref>{{cite video | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmyIm1vsU6s | language = fr | title=Messe d'installation de Mgr Jean-Marc Aveline |trans-title = Mass for the installation of Msgr. Aveline in the cathedral of Marseille | website = Youtube | publisher = Marseille Catholique}}</ref> On 13 July 2022, Pope Francis named him a member of the [[Dicastery for Bishops]].<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 13 July 2022 | date = 13 July 2022 | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2022/07/13/0533/01074.html | title = Rinunce e nomine, 13.07.2022 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}}</ref> On 27 August 2022, Pope Francis made him a [[Cardinal-Priest]], assigning him the title of [[Santa Maria ai Monti]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2022/documents/ns_lit_doc_20220827_titoli-diaconie-nuovi-cardinali_it.html|title=Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali|date=27 August 2022|website=[[Holy See|The Holy See]]|publisher=[[Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff|Ufficio delle Celebrazioni Liturgiche del Sommo Pontefice]]|language=it|trans-title=Assignment of Titles and Deaconries to the new Cardinals|access-date=29 August 2022|archive-url=|archive-date=}}</ref> [[File:Jean-Marc Aveline 2025.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.7|Aveline in 2025]] On 17 September 2024, Pope Francis appointed Aveline as the [[Holy See]]’s [[Diplomatic rank|special envoy]] for the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec|Archdiocese of Quebec]]’s 350th anniversary celebrations on September 20–22.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Millare|first1=Kristina |title=Pope Francis appoints special envoy for Quebec Archdiocese of Quebec's 350th anniversary celebrations|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/259333/pope-francis-appoints-special-envoy-for-quebec-archdiocese-s-350th-anniversary-celebrations |accessdate=September 19, 2024 |work=[[Catholic News Agency]] |date=September 17, 2024}}</ref> On 23 October 2024, the [[Synod of Bishops (Catholic)|Synod of Bishops]] elected Aveline a member of the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the [[Synod of Bishops in the Catholic Church|Synod of Bishops]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2024-10/synod-elects-new-members-secretariat-ordinary-council.html |title=Synod elects new members to Ordinary Council |work=[[Vatican News]] |date=24 October 2024 |access-date=24 October 2024}}</ref>
In 2025, he was elected as the president of the [[Bishops' Conference of France]], and succeeded [[Éric de Moulins-Beaufort]]. He was one of the cardinal electors that participated in the [[2025 papal conclave]] that elected Robert Prevost as [[Pope Leo XIV]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html| title=Cardinal Electors|date=6 May 2025|publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|language=en|access-date=6 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250506193115/https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html|archive-date=6 May 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> Several Vaticanists claimed that French President [[Emmanuel Macron]] "maneuvered" in order to promote and support Aveline's candidacy during the conclave.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Spuntoni |first=Nico |date=27 April 2025 |title=Verso il Conclave, le manovre di Macron per l'elezione di un papa francese |url=https://www.iltempo.it/attualita/2025/04/27/news/conclave-dopo-francesco-bergoglio-manovre-emmanuel-macron-elezione-papa-francese-42419152/}}</ref>
{{Infobox cardinal styles | name = Jean-Marc Aveline | dipstyle = [[His Eminence]] | offstyle = [[His Eminence|Your Eminence]] | relstyle = [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] | image = Coat of arms of Jean Marc Aveline.svg | image_size = 220px }}
{{clr|left}} ==See also== * [[Cardinals created by Pope Francis]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Wikiquote}} * {{cite web|url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_aveline_jm.html|title =Aveline Card. Jean-Marc|website=[[Holy See Press Office]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828005137/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_aveline_jm.html|archive-date=28 August 2022|url-status=live}} * {{cite web | url = http://www.eglise.catholique.fr/conference-des-eveques-de-france/eveques/eveque.html?evequeID=177 | title = Mgr Jean-Marc Aveline | website = Église catholique en France| date = 4 September 2023 }} * [https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/baveline.html Jean-Marc Aveline] [[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]] {{Subject bar |portal1= Biography |portal2= Catholicism |portal3= France}} {{College of Cardinals}} {{Cardinals created by Francis}} {{Authority control}}
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