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Robert Wattebled

Robert Léon Wattebled
Bishop Emeritus of Nîmes
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Nîmes
In office30 January 2001 – 10 August 2021
PredecessorJean Cadilhac
SuccessorNicolas Brouwet [fr]
Orders
Ordination26 May 1974
by Gérard-Maurice Eugène Huyghe[1]
Consecration1 April 2001
by Jean-Paul Jaeger[1]
Personal details
Born (1946-06-05) 5 June 1946 (age 80)
Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France

Robert Wattebled is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who was the bishop of Nîmes from 2001 to 2021.

Biography

Robert Wattebled was born on 5 June 1946 in Calais.[2] He earned a degree in mathematics and then entered the Major Seminary of Arras in Lille where he studied philosophy and theology.

He earned a joint doctorate in theology at the Catholic Institute in Paris and the history of religions at the Paris-Sorbonne University.

He served his required period of national service in Cameroon.[3] He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Arras on 26 May 1974. He served for nine years as curate and pastor of Saint-Laurent-Blangy and then from 1986 to 1992 in Bully-Grenay. He was episcopal vicar from 1990 to 1996, and then vicar general with responsibility for liturgy, instruction, and communications.

Pope John Paul II appointed him bishop of Nîmes on 30 January 2001.[4] He was consecrated a bishop and installed in a ceremony held in the Arena of Nîmes on 1 April.[5] Following the major floods in the Gard and its surroundings, Wattebled called for generosity stating that "our fraternal solidarity is divine likeness ".[6]

His Episcopal motto is "Because of Jesus, for many". He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor on 18 April 2014.[7]

He submitted his resignation as required when he turned 75,[5] and Pope Francis accepted it on 10 August.[8] Wattebled planned to remain active in retirement in his native Calais.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Bishop Robert Léon Wattebled". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  2. ^ Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Number 13,954.
  3. ^ http://www.portstnicolas.org.
  4. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine (continuazione), 30.01.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 30 January 2001. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Mgr Wattebled, l'évêque de Nîmes, annonce sa renonciation" (in French). France Bleu. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  6. ^ Wattlebled appelle a la fraternite solidare.
  7. ^ Journal officiel de la République française, « Décret du 18 avril 2014 portant promotion et nomination » [archive, sur legifrance.gouv.fr, 20 avril 2014.
  8. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 10.08.2021" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

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