Jean-Marie Mérigoux Explained
| Jean-Marie Mérigoux |
| Birth Date: | 27 January 1938 |
| Birth Place: | Besançon, France |
| Death Place: | Marseille, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Occupation: | Roman Catholic priest |
Jean-Marie Mérigoux (27 January 1938 – 7 November 2020) was a French Roman Catholic priest and university professor.[1]
Biography
Born in 1938 in Besançon, where his father was a professor of the sciences. After studying in Marseille, he attended the Catholic University of Toulouse. He was ordained a priest on 4 July 1965 in Rangueil and celebrated his first mass one week later in Foucherans.
Jean-Marie Mérgioux learned Arabic in Algiers and at Saint Joseph University in Beirut.[2] He was then assigned to Iraq, where he stayed from 1969 to 1983. There, he trained young priests of the East Syriac Rite at the Saint-Jean-de-Mossoul seminary.[3] He then joined the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies in Cairo, where he stayed for 22 years.
Jean-Marie Mérigoux died in Marseille on 7 November 2020 at the age of 82.[4]
Publications
- Père Jean Maurice Fiey, op (1914-1995) (1997)
- Va à Ninive ! : un dialogue avec l’Irak (2000)
- Vers d’autres « Ninive » : Le Caire, Istanbul, Marseille : lettres, 1985-2010 (2010)
- Entretiens sur l’Orient chrétien : « Les deux poumons de l'Église » (2015)
Collaborative works
- Les Dominicains et les mondes musulmans : le P. Libercier (1841-1928), dominicain enseignant et curé de Moscou (2002)
- Jonas ou La volonté de Dieu (2008)
- Le Kurdistan et ses chrétiens (2010)
Notes and References
- Web site: P. Jean-Marie Mérigoux, prêcheur du dialogue. 12 November 2020. RCF. French. 10 November 2020. 16 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201116131803/https://rcf.fr/actualite/actualite-religieuse/p-jean-marie-merigoux-precheur-du-dialogue. dead.
- Web site: Un demi siècle de dévouement pour Jean-Marie Merigoux. 4 August 2015. L'Est Républicain. French.
- Web site: Frère Jean-Marie Mérigoux, dominicain et amoureux du monde chrétien oriental. 19 October 2016. Chrétiens d’Orient. French.
- Web site: Décès du Père Jean-Marie Mérigoux. 8 November 2020. InfoCatho. French.
