His Eminence Jean Marie Balland
Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Lyon
See	Lyon
Appointed	27 May 1995
Term ended	1 March 1998
Predecessor	Albert Decourtray
Successor	Louis-Marie Billé
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli (1998)
Orders
Ordination	3 September 1961
Consecration	12 December 1982 by Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour
Created cardinal	21 February 1998 by Pope John Paul II
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Jean Marie Julien Balland (1934-07-26)26 July 1934 Bué, France
Died	1 March 1998(1998-03-01) (aged 63) Lyon, France
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Dijon (1982–88) Archbishop of Reims (1988–95)
Alma mater	Pontifical Gregorian University Sorbonne University
Motto	Veritatem facientes in caritate
Coat of arms

Styles of Jean Marie Balland
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Lyon

Jean Marie Julien Balland (26 July 1934 in Bué, Cher, France – 1 March 1998 in Lyon) was a Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon.

Early life

He entered the seminary and later attended the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome where he earned a licentiate in philosophy in 1956, and in theology. He later attended the Sorbonne University in Paris where he graduated with doctorates in philosophy and theology. He was ordained on 3 September 1961.

After his ordination he was a faculty member of the seminary where he was ordained from 1962 to 1968. He was transferred, teaching at Tours from 1967 to 1973.

Episcopate

Pope John Paul II appointed him as Bishop of Dijon on 6 November 1982. He was transferred to the Metropolitan see of Reims in 1988.^{[citation needed]} He was appointed as the Archbishop of Lyon on 27 May 1995.^[1] Archbishop Balland was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest in the consistory of 21 February 1998 with the titular church of San Pietro in Vincoli.^{[citation needed]}

He died of lung cancer on 1 March 1998,^[1] eight days after becoming a cardinal.