Pierre Eyt Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
Pierre Eyt
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Bordeaux
See:Bordeaux
Appointed:31 May 1989
Term End:11 June 2001
Predecessor:Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers
Successor:Jean-Pierre Ricard
Other Post:Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio (1994-2001)
Ordination:29 June 1961
Ordained By:Paul Joseph Marie Gouyon
Consecration:28 September 1986
Consecrated By:Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers
Cardinal:26 November 1994
Created Cardinal By:Pope John Paul II
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Birth Name:Pierre Étienne Louis Eyt
Birth Date:4 June 1934
Birth Place:Larnus, Bayonne, French Third Republic
Death Place:Bordeaux, France
Parents:Jean Eyt
Joséphine Gabastou
Previous Post:Coadjutor Archbishop of Bordeaux (1986-89)
Cardinal Name:Pierre Eyt
Dipstyle:His Eminence
Offstyle:Your Eminence
See:Bordeaux

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.

Early life and priesthood

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. He also served as a member of the International Theological Commission.

Episcopate

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.

Cardinalate

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.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.acistampa.com/story/17313/20-anni-fa-la-morte-del-cardinale-pierre-eyt-17313 Acistampa website, 20 years since the death of Cardinal Pierre Eyt, article dated June 11, 2021
  2. https://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_eyt_p_it.html Vatican News website, College of Cardinals section, Biography, EYT Card. Pierre
  3. https://zenit.org/2001/06/11/french-cardinal-eyt-dies-at-age-67/ Zenit website, French Cardinal Eyt Dies at Age 67, article dated June 11, 2001