Priesthood
He was ordained on 5 October 1968 in Marseille doing pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Marseille from 1968-1993. He was assistant pastor of the parish of Sainte-Émilie de Vialoar 1970–1978 and was in charge of religious teaching and the formation of priests and laymen. He was responsible of the Mistral Center of Religious Culture 1975–1981, and diocesan delegate for seminarians 1975-1985. Pastor of the parish of Sainte-Marguerite 1981–1988, he also served as associate delegate for ecumenism and episcopal vicar for the zone of south Marseille 1984-1988. He was regional theologian for pastoral affairs 1986–1993, and served as general secretary of the Diocesan Synod of Marseille 1988–1991, and as vicar general in the years 1988-1993 to Cardinal Robert Coffy, Archbishop of Marseille.
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