Archbishop Jean-Marie Antoine Joseph Speich

Apostolic Nuncio

Titular Archbishop of Sulci

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Jun 1955		Born
9 Oct 1982	27.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Strasbourg, France
17 Aug 2013	58.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana
17 Aug 2013	58.1	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Sulci
24 Oct 2013	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Sulci
19 Mar 2019	63.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia
19 Mar 2019	63.7	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Kosovo
12 Apr 2025	69.8	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands
21 Feb 2026	70.6	Retired	Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands

MicroData Summary
Jean-Marie Antoine Joseph Speich
Archbishop Jean-Marie Antoine Joseph Speich
(born 15 Jun 1955)
Apostolic Nuncio

Event Place
Birth Place Strasbourg, Diocese of Strasbourg, France
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Cathedral, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Francis
(Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jean-Pierre Grallet, O.F.M.
Archbishop of Strasbourg
Archbishop Antonio Mattiazzo
Bishop of Padova {Padua}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Francis (1992)
(Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. †)
Antonio Cardinal Quarracino † (1962)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Bishop Anunciado Serafini † (1935)
Bishop of Mercedes
Archbishop Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland † (1935)
Archbishop of Paraná
Archbishop Filippo Cortesi † (1921)
Titular Archbishop of Siraces
Antonio Cardinal Vico † (1898)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Maksimilijan Matjaž (2021)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp. (2014)
Bishop John Yaw Afoakwah (2015)
Bishop Emmanuel Kofi Fianu, S.V.D. (2015)
Richard Kuuia Cardinal Baawobr, M. Afr. † (2016)
Bishop John Alphonse Asiedu, S.V.D. (2019)
Archbishop Mitja Leskovar (2020)
Bishop Andrej Saje (2021)
Bishop Janez Kozinc (2025)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Strasbourg, Diocese of Strasbourg, France
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Cathedral, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

VIAF: 296057440
WikiData: Q14658456

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 17 Aug 2013
ob/c2+: CB, 30 Aug 2013
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 2,013, Number 144
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 216, Number 17,977
ab: Bollettino, 19 Mar 2019
ab: Bollettino, 12 Apr 2025
r: Bollettino, 21 Feb 2026

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