Archbishop of Tours
Vincent Jordy. Archbishop: Tours, since 2019. Born January 20, 1961. Ordained priest June 28, 1992. Appointed bishop September 19, 2008. Consecrated bishop November 11, 2008. Responsibilities. Metropolitan Archbishop: Province of Tours. Co-chair: Catholic-Baptist Joint Committee. Vice-President: Bishops' Conference of France. Vice-President: Presidency of the Bishops' Conference of France. Vice-President: Permanent Council of the Bishops' Conference of France. Member: Dialogue body between the Holy See/Catholic Church in France and the French government. Member: Council for Institutional and International Affairs. Biography: Son of Claude Jordy, architect for the *Bâtiments de France* (state architectural service), and Anne Batt, a painter. Education: Faculty of Law and Political Science, Strasbourg; French Seminary in Rome and Gregorian University. Ministries: Member of the Emmanuel Community (1988–1995). Chaplain at the Zillisheim Episcopal College; parochial vicar at Altkirch (1993–1996). Period at the Discalced Carmelite monastery in Montpellier (1996). Director (1997–2000) then Superior of the Major Seminary of Strasbourg (2000–2008). Head of communications for the archdiocese (2007–2011). Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg (2008–2011). Bishop of Saint-Claude (2011–2020). President of the Episcopal Commission for Catechesis and the Catechumenate (2019–2022). Episcopal motto. Do whatever he tells you (Jn 2:5).