VATICAN CITY, NOV. 11, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI named Dominican Bishop Jean-Louis Bruguès of Angers, France, as secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education, elevating him to the dignity of archbishop.
Jean-Louis Bruguès was born in 1943 in France. He joined the Dominicans in 1968 and made solemn vows in 1972.
He was ordained a priest that year. He was a member of the International Theological Commission from 1986 to 2002, and also a member of the National Ethics Consultative Committee of France from 1998 to 2000.
Pope John Paul II named him bishop of Angers in 2000. Bishop Bruguès was president of the doctrinal commission of the French episcopal conference from 2002 to 2006.
He has been a consultant for the Vatican congregations for Catholic Education and Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
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