Jean Marie Henri Legrez
French archbishop
Jean Legrez (born 29 May 1948 in Paris) is a French Dominican friar, and since February 2011 Archbishop of Albi.
Biography
After pursuing a course in Modern Literature at the University of Nanterre, obtaining a Licenciate, he joined the Dominicans and continued his studies in literature and began philosophy at the Strasbourg Dominican convent. He continued his training in the Dominican convents of Paris and Toulouse, obtaining a degree of Master of Theology. He was ordained a priest on 27 June 1976.
After serving as vicar (Assistant Pastor) in a parish dependent upon the Toulouse Dominican convent, he participated in the foundation of two monastic fraternities in the dioceses of Aix and Avignon. In 1983 he became Prior of the monastic brotherhood in Lyon and parish priest (curate) at the church of Saint Nizier (1983).
In 1996, he returned to the Dominican Convent of Saint-Lazare in Marseille, where he served as the Sub-Prior from 1997 to 2001 and Prior to 2005. During this period, from 1997 to 2005, he taught sacramental theology and liturgy at the seminary of the Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon. Legrez was the national chaplain of the Centre de liaison des équipes de recherche - Amour et Famille from 1998 to 2001; the organization promotes the rhythm method of natural conception and opposes conjugal violence. It seeks to indoctrinate youth into Catholic principles of chastity, and it provides "family monitors" for natural family planning.
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