Jean-Paul James

Jean-Paul James (born 14 July 1952) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who was named Archbishop of Bordeaux in November 2019 after serving from 2003 to 2009 as Bishop of Beauvais and from 2009 to 2019 as Bishop of Nantes.

Biography Jean-Paul André Denis Marcel James was born on 14 July 1952 in Rennes. He studied at the Catholic schools of the Assumption and Saint-Vincent there. He earned a licentiate in economic sciences at the Institut National de Sciences Economiques (INSEE) in Paris. In 1984 at the Saint-Yves major seminary of Rennes he obtained a bachelor's degree. He completed his studies in theology at the French Seminary in Rome and received a licentiate in canon law and a degree in moral theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University. He was ordained a priest on 22 September 1985. His installation in Bordeaux took place on 26 January 2020.