Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Pierre Raffin | |
Honorific-Suffix: | O.P. |
Bishop Emeritus of Metz | |
Appointed: | 4 August 1987 |
Term End: | 27 September 2013 |
Predecessor: | Paul Joseph Schmitt |
Successor: | Jean-Christophe Lagleize |
Ordination: | 5 July 1964 |
Ordained By: | Alexandre Renard |
Consecration: | 11 October 1987 |
Consecrated By: | Charles Amarin Brand |
Birth Date: | 1938 2, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Nancy, France |
Death Place: | Metz, France |
Motto: | CARITATE SERVIENTE FELIX |
Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Mgr Pierre Raffin.svg |
Pierre Raffin | |
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Pierre René Ferdinand Raffin (13 February 1938 – 2 February 2024) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Born in Nancy, Raffin was professed as a friar of the Dominican Order in 1957, becoming a deacon in 1963. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1964. He was appointed bishop of Metz in 1987, serving until his retirement in 2013.[1]
Raffin died in Metz on 2 February 2024, at the age of 85.[2]