Jean-Marie Lustiger
Jean-Marie Lustiger · Historical & Religious Figures
Cardinal Archbishop of Paris
1926, Paris, France — 2007, Paris, France
Paris, France
Jean-Marie Lustiger is recognized among Jewish contributors to Historical & Religious Figures — Cardinal Archbishop of Paris
Jean-Marie Lustiger was born Aaron Lustiger in Paris to Polish-Jewish immigrant parents; his mother was murdered at Auschwitz. He converted to Catholicism as a teenager in 1940 and rose to become Cardinal Archbishop of Paris. Though he left Judaism religiously, he always insisted he remained a Jew by birth and identity.
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Cardinal Archbishop of Paris
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