Pierre Étienne Louis Eyt S.T.D. (4 June 1934 – 11 June 2001) was a French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux and Bazas.


Pierre Eyt
Archbishop of Bordeaux
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseBordeaux
SeeBordeaux
Appointed31 May 1989
Term ended11 June 2001
PredecessorMarius-Félix-Antoine Maziers
SuccessorJean-Pierre Ricard
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio (1994-2001)
Previous post(s)Coadjutor Archbishop of Bordeaux (1986-89)
Orders
Ordination29 June 1961
by Paul Joseph Marie Gouyon
Consecration28 September 1986
by Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers
Created cardinal26 November 1994
by Pope John Paul II
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Pierre Étienne Louis Eyt

4 June 1934
Died11 June 2001(2001-06-11) (aged 67)
Bordeaux, France
ParentsJean Eyt
Joséphine Gabastou
Alma materPontifical Gregorian University
Styles of
Pierre Eyt
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeBordeaux

Early life and priesthood

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He was born in Laruns, France as the son of Jean Eyt and Josephine Gabastou. He was educated at the Institute of Juridical and Economic Studies in Pau, the Seminary of Pius XI, the Seminary of the Catholic Institute and at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome where he earned his doctorate in theology. He was ordained on 29 June 1961.[1]

After his ordination he did pastoral work in the diocese of Bayonne from 1961 until 1963. He then worked as a faculty member and later vice-rector and then rector of the Catholic Institute of Toulouse and then rector of the Catholic Institute in Paris in 1981.[1] He also served as a member of the International Theological Commission.

Episcopate

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Pope John Paul II appointed him coadjutor Archbishop of Bordeaux on 7 June 1986.[2] He was consecrated on 28 September of that year by Marius Maziers who was assisted by Jean-Marie Lustiger then Archbishop of Paris, and by André Collini, archbishop of Toulouse. He succeeded to the Metropolitan see of Bordeaux on 31 May 1989.[2]

Cardinalate

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He was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio in the consistory of 26 November 1994. He died on 11 June 2001 in Bordeaux[3] and is buried at the cemetery of Laruns, where he was born.

References

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Archbishop of Bordeaux
31 May 1989 – 11 June 2001
Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal Protector of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio
26 November 1994 – 11 June 2001
Succeeded by