Olivier de Germay

The Most Reverend Olivier de Germay
Metropolitan archbishop of Lyon Primate of the Gauls
de Germay in 2017
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Lyon
Province	Lyon
Appointed	22 October 2020
Installed	20 December 2020
Predecessor	Philippe Barbarin
Orders
Ordination	17 May 1998 by Émile Marcus
Consecration	14 April 2012 by Georges Pontier
Personal details
Born	Olivier Jacques Marie Certain de Germay de Cirfontaine[1] (1960-09-18) 18 September 1960 (age 63) Tours, France
Nationality	French
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Ajaccio (2012–2020)
Alma mater	École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr Catholic University of Toulouse Pontifical Lateran University
Motto	Latin: Christus dilexit Ecclesiam, lit. 'Christ loved the Church'
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Olivier Jacques Marie Certain de Germay de Cirfontaine (born 18 September 1960) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who has been metropolitan archbishop of Lyon since December 2020. He served as bishop of Ajaccio from 2012 to 2020. Before taking up his clerical career, he served as a paratrooper in the French army.