Henri Madelin | |
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| Born | 26 April 1936 |
| Died | 8 April 2020 (aged 83) Lille, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Priest Theologian |
Henri Madelin (26 April 1936 – 8 April 2020) was a French Jesuit priest and theologian.[1]
Henri Madelin | |
|---|---|
| |
| Born | 26 April 1936 |
| Died | 8 April 2020 (aged 83) Lille, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Priest Theologian |
Henri Madelin (26 April 1936 – 8 April 2020) was a French Jesuit priest and theologian.[1]
Madelin was born on 26 April 1936 in a family of nine children.
His family moved to Blois in 1939, where Madelin practiced scouting.[2]
After studying philosophy at the Jesuit formation in Vals-près-le-Puy, two years at Collège Libermann in Douala, and studying theology in Fourvière, Madelin was ordained a priest of the Society of Jesus in 1967.
In 1973, Madelin became director of Action populaire, which became the Center for Research and Social Action (CERAS). After earning a doctorate in political science,[3][4] he chaired the Centre Sèvres in Paris from 1985 to 1991, when he was appointed national chaplain of the Mouvement chrétien des cadres et dirigeants.
Madelin succeeded Jean-Yves Calvez as editor-in-chief of the Catholic journal Études. He worked as a lecturer at Sciences Po,[5] and was a member of the Catholic Office of Information and Initiative for Europe.[6] He also taught at the Institut Catholique de Paris.
Henri Madelin died on 8 April 2020 in Lille at the age of 83 during the pandemic due to COVID-19.[7]
