Jean-Marie Villot

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His Eminence Jean-Marie Villot
Secretary of State
See	Frascati
Appointed	2 May 1969
Term ended	9 March 1979
Predecessor	Amleto Giovanni Cicognani
Successor	Agostino Casaroli
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (1954–1959) Titular Bishop of Vinda (1954–1959) Coadjutor Archbishop of Lyon-Vienne (1959–1965) Titular Archbishop of Bosporus (1959–1965) Archbishop of Lyon-Vienne (1965–1967) Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio (1965–1974) Prefect of the Congregation of the Council (1967–1969) President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” (1971–1978)
Orders
Ordination	19 April 1930 by Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart
Consecration	12 October 1954 by Maurice Feltin
Created cardinal	22 February 1965 by Pope Paul VI
Rank	Cardinal-Bishop
Personal details
Born	(1905-10-11)11 October 1905 Saint-Amant-Tallende, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Died	9 March 1979(1979-03-09) (aged 73) Vatican City
Nationality	French
Motto	auxilium a domino
Coat of arms

Jean-Marie Villot (11 October 1905 – 9 March 1979) was a French prelate and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Lyon from 1965 to 1967, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 1967 to 1969, Vatican Secretary of State from 1969 to 1979, and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church from 1970 to 1979. He was made a cardinal in 1965.