Jean-Louis Tauran

Cardinal from France (1943-2018)

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Lived 1943–2018, aged 75France
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    29 languages
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  • Era
    1943–2018
    Aged 75
  • Awards
    15
    recognised works
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Updated 2026-06-21

He announced new popes to the world — twice — as the Vatican's senior cardinal deacon, and spent the last decade of his life running the Catholic Church's official conversations with other faiths.

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Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran was born on 5 April 1943 in France and entered the Vatican's diplomatic corps, working nearly thirty years in the Holy See's foreign service. He later served as the Vatican's chief archivist and librarian before being elevated to cardinal in 2003. In 2007 he was appointed president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, the Church's formal interface with Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, and other traditions. From 2011 to 2014 he held the ceremonial title of Cardinal Protodeacon, which gave him the duty of proclaiming the election of a new pope from the balcony…

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