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(Note that Lustiger pronounces his surname in the French form Loo-sti-zhair.)
Lustiger was born Aron Lustiger in Paris, of a Polish Jewish family who had settled in France before World War I. When the Germans occupied France in 1940, he was sent to live with a Christian family in Orléans. He converted to Catholicism, despite the objections of his parents, and received baptismIn certain religions such as Christianity, Mandaeanism, Sikhism, and some historic sects of Judaism, baptism is a water purification ritual. The word baptize derives from the Greek word (the infinitive; also listed as the 1st person singular present activ on August 21August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 132 days remaining. Events 1600-1799 1680 Pueblo Indians captured Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt 1770 James Cook formally claims eastern Aust 1940. His parents were deported, and his mother died in AuschwitzAuschwitz in English, commonly refers to the Auschwitz concentration camp complex built near the town of the same name, by Nazi Germany during World War Two. Rarely, it may refer to that town, also known by its current Polish name Oswiecim . extermination campExtermination camp ( German Vernichtungslager was the term applied to a group of camps set up by Nazi Germany during World War II for the express purpose of killing the Jews of Europe, although members of some other groups whom the Nazis wished to extermi (his father survived).
Lustiger was educated at the University of ParisThe University of Paris ( French: Universite de Paris was founded in 1150 and was known as the Sorbonne. Following the events of May 1968, the University of Paris was split in 1970 into a number of administratively separate universities, in an attempt to (the Sorbonne), where he graduated in arts, and at the Catholic Institute of Paris. He was ordained on April 17April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). There are 258 days remaining. Events 1492 Spain and Christopher Columbus sign a contract for him to sail to Asia to get spices. 1521 Martin Luther speaks to the assembl 1954. From 1954 to 1959 he was an aumônier ( chaplain) at the University of Paris. From 1959 to 1969 he was director of Richelieu Centre, which trains university chaplains. From 1969 to 1979 he was Pastor of the Church of Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal, in an inner suburb of Paris.
In November 1979 Lustiger was appointed Bishop of Orléans. In January 1981 he was promoted to the metropolitan see of Paris. He was made a Cardinal in February 1983, becoming priest of the Church of Saints Marcellino and Pietro in Rome. He became a member of the Académie Française in 1995.