Luc Ravel

Luc Marie Daniel Ravel, C.R.S.V. (born 21 May 1957) is a French Catholic bishop. He was appointed bishop of the Diocese of the French Armed Forces by Pope Benedict XVI on 7 October 2009. He was consecrated bishop at the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris on 29 November 2009. He was appointed archbishop of Strasbourg by Pope Francis on 18 February 2017.[1]

His Excellency The Most Reverend

Luc Ravel
Archbishop of Strasbourg
Orders
OrdinationJune 25, 1988
ConsecrationNovember 29, 2009
by  Cardinal André Vingt-Trois
Personal details
Birth nameLuc Marie Daniel Ravel
Born (1957-05-21) May 21, 1957
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Alma mater
MottoEst, est
(Literally: "It is, it is")
(Poetically: "That your yes be yes") Matthew 5:37
Signature
Styles of
Luc Ravel
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleMonsignor
Posthumous stylenot applicable

Early life

Ravel was born in a family with origins in Martinique and Réunion on his father's side, and in the Var department of France on his mother's side. He was born the fourth child in a family of three girls and four boys. He is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and studied to become an engineer at the IFP School. He studied Philosophy and Theology at the Abbey Saint-Pierre in the commune of Champagne, in the Ardèche department in southern France, and at the University of Poitiers.

Religious career

He made his solemn profession as a Canon Regular of St. Augustine on 7 December 1985, and was ordained a priest on 25 June 1988.

He was afterwards prior at the Church of Saint-Charles at Porrentruy, in Jura, Switzerland, at Montbron, and at the Tardoire and Bandiat deanery, in Charente. He subsequently returned to the Abbey of Saint-Pierre in the town of Champagne, where he was master of novices from 1996 to 2007, and subprior from 2003. He founded Notre-Dame de l`Écoute, a movement for single and celibate people.

He was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of the French Armed Forces by Pope Benedict XVI on 7 October 2009. His consecration as a bishop took place in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on 29 November 2009, presided over by cardinal André Vingt-Trois. He was elected a member of the Doctrinal Commission of the Bishops' Conference of France in 2011.[2]

Ravel created controversy when he called abortion a "weapon of mass destruction" and called for the return of the abortion debate in French society in the Armed Forces monthly magazine in February 2015. As a result, the French Defence Minister asked the Diocese's magazine to stop displaying the Army's logo on the cover so as to distancing the Army from its content.[3]

Ravel was appointed Archbishop of Strasbourg, on 18 February 2017.[4]

References
  1. Houdaille, Clémence. "Mgr Luc Ravel, nouvel archevêque de Strasbourg". la-croix.com. La Croix. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  2. Luc Ravel at Catholic Hierarchy
  3. Le mensuel du diocèse aux armées ne pourra plus utiliser le logo de l’armée, La Croix, 27 March 2015 (French)
  4. "Mgr Luc Ravel, nouvel archevêque de Strasbourg". fr.radiovaticana.va. Radio Vatican. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Jean-Pierre Grallet		 Archbishop of Strasbourg
since 2017		 Succeeded by
incumbent
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