Robert Le Gall

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Robert Le Gall

Archbishop emeritus of Toulouse
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Le Gall in 2008.
Church Roman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseToulouse
SeeToulouse
Appointed11 July 2006
Installed10 September 2006
Term ended9 December 2021
Predecessor Émile Marcus
Successor Guy de Kerimel
Orders
Ordination24 August 1974
by Pierre-Auguste-Marie Boussard
Consecration6 January 2002
by  Paul Joseph Jean Poupard
Personal details
Birth nameRobert Jean Louis Le Gall
Born (1946-02-26) 26 February 1946 (age 75)
Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët, France
Previous post(s) Bishop of Mende (2001–06)
MottoDe unitate Trinitatis
Coat of arms Coat of Arms of Mgr Robert Le Gall.svg

Robert Jean Louis Le Gall O.S.B. (born 26 February 1946) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Toulouse from 2006 to 2021. He was previously the Bishop of Mende from 2001 to 2006.

Biography

Robert Jean Louis Le Gall was born in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët, France, on 26 February 1946. At the age of eighteen he entered the Benedictine monastery of Sainte-Anne de Kergonam as a postulant and on 8 December 1965 took temporary vows. After performing his military service in Le Mans, he returned to the monastery and made his solemn profession as a Benedictine on 8 December 1970. After completing his philosophy studies there, he studied theology at the Abbey of Solesmes from 1971 to 1974. He was ordained a priest in the abbey of Kergonam on 24 August 1974. He earned a licenciate in theology in Freiburg, Switzerland, and then became Prior at Kergonam with responsibility for the guesthouse. He was elected Abbot on 27 May 1983 and took office on 16 July. [1]

On 16 October 2001, Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Mende. [1] She received his episcopal consecration on 6 January 2002 [2] from Cardinal Paul Poupard.

In the French Bishops Conference he has been President of the Episcopal Commission for Liturgy and Sacramental Pastoral Care. [2] He was appointed to a five-year term as a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on 2 February 2005. [3]

After Pope Benedict authorized the wider use of the extraordinary form of the Mass in 2007, Le Gall, as president of the French Bishops' Liturgy Commission, said advocates for its use exaggerated their numbers and he deplored unauthorized private celebrations of the extraordinary form. By way of contrast, he said those who celebrate the ordinary form needed to reform it by "reintroducing more silence, hierarchy, interiority, and the beauty of liturgical garments". [4]

He was made a knight of the Legion of Honor on 13 July 2004. [5]

On 11 July 2006, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Archbishop of Toulouse. [2]

He has written numerous articles on liturgy for Famille Chrétienne and other periodicals. His writings include a dictionary of liturgy (Dictionnaire de liturgie) that was published in 1983. [1]

Pope Francis accepted his resignation on 9 December 2021. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Rinunce e Nomine, 16.10.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 16 October 2001. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.07.2006" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 11 July 2006. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  3. "Rinunce e Nomine, 02.02.2005" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 2 February 2005. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  4. Le Bars, Stéphanie (5 July 2008). "Jeunes et activistes, les demandeurs de la messe en latin posent "question" à l'Eglise". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 11 February 2020. il faut réintroduire davantage de silence, de hiératisme, d'intériorité, de beauté dans les vêtements liturgiques
  5. "Décret du 13 juillet 2004 portant promotion et nomination" (in French). Légifrance. 13 July 2004. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  6. "Resignations and Appointments, 09.12.2021" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.