Alain Paul Lebeaupin

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name=Alain Paul Lebeaupin
dipstyle=The Most Reverend
offstyle=Your Excellency
relstyle=Monsignor
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Archbishop Alain Paul Lebeaupin was born in Paris, France, on March 2, 1945.

Education

Lebeaupin was ordained into priesthood on June 28, 1975 for the Diocese of Nice after studying at the Pontifical French Seminary in Rome.
He holds a Doctorate in Civil Law and Masters in Canon Law and Theology.

Diplomatic activity

Monsignor Lebeaupin entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1979. His first appointment was to the Holy See Observer Mission to the United Nations in New York, USA (1979 - 1982) Later he served in the Apostolic Nunciature in the Dominican Republic (1982-1985) and at the Apostolic Delegation in Mozambique (1985 - 1989). Archbishop Lebeaupin was recalled to the Secretariat of State and served at the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE - OSCE) From 1989 to 1998. On March 27, 1996, Archbishop Lebeaupin was concurrently appointed "Chargé d'affaires" of the Apostolic Nunciature to the European Union.On December 7, 1998, with the title of Titular Archbishop of Vico Equense, Lebeaupin was appointed the Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador. He received his Episcopal Ordination from His Holiness Pope John Paul II on January 6, 1999.On January 14, 2005, H. E. Archbishop Lebeaupin was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) and UN-HABITAT (United Nations Human Settlements Programme). He arrived in Kenya on April 28, 2005.

Episcopal Lineage and Apostolic Succession

*Scipione "Cardinal" Rebiba † (1577)
*Giulio Antonio "Cardinal" Santorio † (1566)
*Girolamo "Cardinal" Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
*Mons. Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
*Ludovico "Cardinal" Ludovisi † (1621)
*Luigi "Cardinal" Caetani † (1622)
*Ulderico "Cardinal" Carpegna † (1630)
*Paluzzo "Cardinal" Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
*Pope Benedict XIII † (1675)
*Pope Benedict XIV † (1724)
*Pope Clement XIII † (1743)
*Henry Benedict Mary Clement "Cardinal" Stuart of York † (1758)
*Pope Leo XII † (1794)
*Chiarissimo "Cardinal" Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
*Camillo "Cardinal" Di Pietro † (1839)
*Mieczysław Halka "Cardinal" Ledóchowski † (1861)
*Jan Maurycy Pawel "Cardinal" Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
*Mons. St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
*Mons. Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
*Mons. Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
*Pope John Paul II † (2004)
*Mons. Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin

ee also

*Nuncio
*Apostolic Nunciature
*Foreign relations of the Holy See
*Apostolic diplomatic missions