Jean-Marie Mérigoux (27 January 1938 – 7 November 2020) was a French Roman Catholic priest and university professor.[1]

Jean-Marie Mérigoux
Born27 January 1938
Died7 November 2020(2020-11-07) (aged 82)
Marseille, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationRoman Catholic priest

Biography

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Born in 1938 in Besançon, where his father was a professor of the sciences. After studying in Marseille, he attended the Catholic University of Toulouse. He was ordained a priest on 4 July 1965 in Rangueil and celebrated his first mass one week later in Foucherans.

Jean-Marie Mérgioux learned Arabic in Algiers and at Saint Joseph University in Beirut.[2] He was then assigned to Iraq, where he stayed from 1969 to 1983. There, he trained young priests of the East Syriac Rite at the Saint-Jean-de-Mossoul seminary.[3] He then joined the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies in Cairo, where he stayed for 22 years.

Jean-Marie Mérigoux died in Marseille on 7 November 2020 at the age of 82.[4]

Publications

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  • Père Jean Maurice Fiey, op (1914-1995) (1997)
  • Va à Ninive ! : un dialogue avec l’Irak (2000)
  • Vers d’autres « Ninive » : Le Caire, Istanbul, Marseille : lettres, 1985-2010 (2010)
  • Entretiens sur l’Orient chrétien : « Les deux poumons de l'Église » (2015)

Collaborative works

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  • Les Dominicains et les mondes musulmans : le P. Libercier (1841-1928), dominicain enseignant et curé de Moscou (2002)
  • Jonas ou La volonté de Dieu (2008)
  • Le Kurdistan et ses chrétiens (2010)

References

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  1. ^ "P. Jean-Marie Mérigoux, prêcheur du dialogue". RCF (in French). 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Un demi siècle de dévouement pour Jean-Marie Merigoux". L'Est Républicain (in French). 4 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Frère Jean-Marie Mérigoux, dominicain et amoureux du monde chrétien oriental". Chrétiens d’Orient (in French). 19 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Décès du Père Jean-Marie Mérigoux". InfoCatho (in French). 8 November 2020.