Hubert Barbier

Hubert Marie Pierre Dominique Barbier (born 4 August 1932) is a French Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Bourges from 2000 to 2007. He previously served as the Bishop of Annecy from 1984 to 2000 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Annecy from 1980 to 1984. Hubert Marie Pierre Dominique Barbier was born on 4 August 1932 in La Chaize-le-Vicomte, in the Vendée department of France. After his secondary education, he studied first at the Lycée Richelieu in La Roche-sur-Yon, then at the Major Seminary of Issy-les-Moulineaux in Paris, and after at the Gregorian Pontifical University, earning a licentiate in theology and canon law. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Luçon on 18 September 1955. Following his ordination, Barbier served as an assistant pastor, a seminary instructor, and later as the director of religious education for the diocese. In 1978, he was appointed vicar general of the Diocese of Luçon. On 6 October 1980, Pope John Paul II appointed Barbier as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Annecy and titular bishop of Noba. He received his episcopal consecration on 13 December 1980 from Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty, the Bishop of Luçon, with Jean-Baptiste Sauvage and Jean-Charles Thomas serving as co-consecrators. Barbier was appointed as a diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Annecy on 19 May 1984, succeeding Jean-Baptiste Sauvage.