Alain Paul Lebeaupin

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His Excellency
Monsignor Alain Paul Lebeaupin

Styles of Alain Paul Lebeaupin
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	not applicable

Archbishop Alain Paul Lebeaupin was born in Paris, France, on 2 March 1945. He is the Apostolic nuncio to the European Community.

Education

Lebeaupin was ordained priest on 28 June 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 27 March 1996, Archbishop Lebeaupin was concurrently appointed Chargé d'affaires of the Apostolic Nunciature to the European Union.

On 7 December 1998, with the title of Titular Archbishop of Vico Equense, Lebeaupin was appointed the Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador. He was consecrated by Pope John Paul II on 6 January 1999. On 14 January 2005, Archbishop Lebeaupin was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to United Nations Environment Programme and UN-HABITAT (United Nations Human Settlements Programme). He arrived in Kenya on 28 April 2005. On 23 June 2012 he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to European Community.

Episcopal Lineage and Apostolic Succession

• Scipione Rebiba (1577)
• Giulio Antonio Santorio (1566)
• Girolamo Bernerio, O.P. (1586)
• Galeazzo Sanvitale (1604)
• Ludovico Ludovisi (1621)
• Luigi Caetani (1622)
• Ulderico Carpegna (1630)
• Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni (1666)
• Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
• Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
• Pope Clement XIII (1743)
• Henry Benedict Stuart (1758)
• Pope Leo XII (1794)
• Clarissimo Falconieri Mellini (1826)
• Camillo Di Pietro (1839)
• Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski (1861)
• Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko (1886)
• Józef Bilczewski (1901)
• Bolesław Twardowski (1919)
• Eugeniusz Baziak (1933)
• Pope John Paul II (1958)
• Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin (2004)

See also

• Nuncio
• Apostolic Nunciature
• Diplomatic missions of the Holy See
• Diplomacy of the Holy See

References

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Francesco Canalini	Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador 7 December 1998–14 January 2005	Succeeded by Giacomo Guido Ottonello
Preceded by Giovanni Tonucci	Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya 14 January 2005–23 June 2012	Succeeded by Charles Daniel Balvo
Preceded by Giovanni Tonucci	Permanent observer to UNEP/UN-HABITAT 14 January 2005–23 June 2012	Succeeded by Charles Daniel Balvo
Preceded by André Dupuy	Nuncio to the European Community 2012–present	Incumbent