Jean-Marie Speich Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Jean-Marie Speich
Appointed:19 March 2019
Predecessor:Juliusz Janusz
Other Post:Titular Archbishop of Sulci
Ordination:9 October 1982
Consecration:24 October 2013
Consecrated By:Pope Francis, Jean-Pierre Gallet and Antonio Mattiazzo
Birth Name:Jean-Marie Speich
Birth Date:15 June 1955
Birth Place:Strasbourg, France
Nationality:French
Religion:Roman Catholic
Motto:WI I KAN (As I can)
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Jean-Marie Speich.svg
Jean-Marie Speich
Dipstyle:His Excellency
Offstyle:Your Excellency
Relstyle:Archbishop

Jean-Marie Speich (born 15 June 1955) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1986. He has been an archbishop since 2013 and Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia and Apostolic Delegate to Kosovo since March 2019.

Biography

Speich was born on 15 June 1955 in Strasbourg, France, to Xavier Speich and Marie Thérèse Goetz, residents of Willgottheim (Bas-Rhin).[1] His sister Andrée Speich is a cloistered Benedictine nun.

Speich was ordained to the priesthood on 9 October 1982, by Bishop Léon Arthur Elchinger. From 1982 to 1984, he served as assistant pastor at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in the Archdiocese of Strasbourg.[2] To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1984.[3]

Diplomatic career

He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 July 1986 and was assigned to Apostolic Nunciatures of the Holy See in Haiti, Nigeria, Bolivia, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Egypt, Spain and Cuba. On 27 March 2008, he became head of the section for French-speaking countries at the Secretariat of State.

On 17 August 2013, Pope Francis named Speich Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana and titular archbishop of Sulci.[4] He received his episcopal consecration from Pope Francis on 24 October.[5]

On 19 March 2019, Pope Francis appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia and Apostolic Delegate to Kosovo.[6]

Speich's academic degrees include a doctorate degree in canon law, and a licentiate in sacred theology, both from the Pontifical Gregorian University.[4]

The Speich family coat of arms dates to the first half of the 13th century.[7] [8] [9] Speich assumed the motto of Speich family of Strasbourg, which has been in use since 1415. This motto, "Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian: Wi I Kan|italic=unset", which is in Alemannic German and means "As I can".

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Notes and References

  1. Cf. Pays d'Alsace, Willgottheim Woellenheim, Deux villages du Kochersberg, Société d'Histoire et d'Archéologie de Saverne et environs, No. 120 -123 (1982-1983), .
  2. Web site: 26 June 2020 . Curriculum Vitae . Order of Malta Embassy to Slovenia .
  3. Web site: Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. it. 26 June 2020 . Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150610201951/https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_academies/acdeccles/documents/1950-1999.htm. 10 June 2015. live.
  4. it . Rinunce e Nomine, 17.08.2013 . 17 August 2013 . 23 June 2019.
  5. News: Zenit . fr . Slovénie: Mgr Jean-Marie Speich nommé nonce apostolique . 23 June 2019 . 19 March 2019.
  6. Holy See Press Office . Resignations and Appointments, 19.03.2019 . 19 March 2019 . 23 June 2019.
  7. Book: Wild, Samuel . 1902 . Wappen der am Schlusse des 19. Jahrhundert lebenden Bürger-Geschlechter des Kantons Glarus. Sorgfältigst zusammengetragen und dargestellt nach Wappenbüchern älterer und neuerer Zeit, sowie nach Sigillen und Pettschaften . de . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924022415/http://www.gl.ch/xml_1/internet/de/application/d1256/d33/d106/d107/f1732.cfm . 24 September 2015 . dead . Glarus . gl.ch .
  8. Gottfried Heer, Zur Geschichte glarnerischer Geschlechter, derjenigen des Serftales insbesondere. Allerlei Bilder aus vergangenen Tagen, Ed. Rud. Tschudy, Glarus, 1920
  9. JMS. Summer 2012. [s.n.]. Kocherschbari. fr. Truchtersheim, FR. Association des amis du Kochersberg. 0243-2498. 65. 26–32.
  10. Web site: 6 January 2010. Mgr Speich reçoit la Légion d'Honneur . fr . Église catholique en France. Édité par la Conférence des évêques de France. 20 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150820221108/http://www.eglise.catholique.fr/actualites/362909-mgr-speich-recoit-la-legion-dhonneur/. 20 August 2015. live.