Émile André Jean-Marie Maury
Émile André Jean-Marie Maury, born May 22, 1907 in Agen and died January 5, 1994, is a French Catholic prelate, a diplomat for the Holy See and then the archbishop of Reims from 1968 to 1972.
Maury was born in 1907 and ordained in 1932. He served as Apostolic Delegate in Africa (1959), Internuncio in Senegal from 1961 to 1965, and then Nuncio in the ex-Belgian Congo, Ruanda and Burundi from 1965 to 1968.
Biography
Jean-Marie Maury was ordained a priest on 29 June 1932.[1]
He was appointed coadjutor bishop of Bishop Pierre-Marie Théas, bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes[2] and titular bishop of Elis on 20 December 1957. He was consecrated bishop on 3 February 1958 by Cardinal Gerlier, archbishop of Lyon (Primate of France).
On July 8, 1959, he was appointed titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia. He then began a diplomatic career for the Holy See.
On July 9, 1959, he is apostolic delegate in Senegal and then on December 28, 1961 he is apostolic internonce in the same country. On 11 June 1965 he was simultaneously appointed apostolic nuncio to Congo Kinshasa, Rwanda and Burundi. In 1967, he renounced the last two nunciatures, separated from that of the Congo.
On June 25, 1968, he was appointed Archbishop of Reims. He retired prematurely on health grounds on 16 December 1972. He died on 5 January 1994.