Marc Aillet
| His Excellency Marc Aillet | |
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| Bishop of Bayonne | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Diocese of Bayonne |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 3 July 1982 |
| Consecration | 30 November 2008 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 April 1957 Parakou, Benin |
| Styles of Marc Aillet | |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
Marc Marie Max Aillet (born 17 April 1957) has been the bishop of Bayonne since 30 November 2008. He had previously served as vicar general of the diocese of Fréjus-Toulon.
Aillet was born in 1957 in Parakou, Benin. He studied classics in Paris. He entered the Medicine faculty for a year before entering the major seminary in Genoa. He was ordained a priest on 3 July 1982 for the diocese of Genoa by Cardinal Giuseppe Siri.
He was a student at the University of Friburg,where he completed a licence in moral theology with a thesis entitled: "Lire la Bible avec saint Thomas – Le passage de la "lettera" à la "res" dans la Somme Théologique".
He returned to France where he was incardinated in the diocese of Fréjus-Toulon where he worked as a chaplain at the college of Saint-Raphaël. He served as a professor of moral theology in the major seminary of Toulon from 1985-1992. After this he was responsible for the formation of priestly students in the diocese of Blois. He served as parish priest of Saint-Raphaël from 1998–2002 and since 2001 he served as an episcopal vicar and from 2002 vicar general of the diocese of Fréjus-Toulon. He was elected Cathedral canon in 2003.
He was appointed as the bishop of Bayonne by Pope Benedict on 15 October 2008[1] and was consecrated and installed on 30 November 2008 with Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, archbishop of Bordeaux as his Principal Consecrator with Bishop Pierre Jean Marie Marcel Molères and Bishop Dominique Marie Jean Rey of Fréjus-Toulon serving as the principal co-consecrators.
Bishop Aillet wishes to increase the number of Tridentine Masses in his diocese, and established a weekly Latin Mass in Bayonne. He celebrated ordinations in the church of Saint-Eloi, Bordeaux, personal parish of the Institute of the Good Shepherd in January 2010.
In April 2010 Bishop Aillet gave a talk entitled The Wounded Liturgy in which he described the "desacralisation" of the liturgy.
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| Preceded by Pierre Jean Marie Marcel Molères |
Bishop of Bayonne 30 November 2008–present |
Succeeded by incumbent |