Cardinal Jean-Marie Lyustiza died

Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiza, a former archbishop of Paris, died on August 5 at the age of 80 from cancer, Blagovet-info reports with reference to Reuters . The funeral of the cardinal will take place on Friday in the Cathedral of the Parisian Mother of God. They will be headed by the current archbishop of Parisian Andre Vent-Trua.

Back in May, being seriously ill, Cardinal Lustiza publicly stated that he was close to the end of his earthly life. He said this during a farewell conversation with members of the French Academy on May 31.

In October last year, Jean-Marie Lustiza sent a letter to the clergy of the Parisian diocese, in which he said that he suffered from a "serious illness", requiring "intensive treatment". In April of this year, he said that he laid down in a medical institution. Jeanne Garnier, specializing in palliative care for incurable patients. According to a number of media, the cardinal had a larynx.

Aaron Lustiger was born on September 17, 1926 in Paris in a family of Jewish merchants from Poland. In 1940, he was baptized in the Catholic Church, choosing the name of Jean-Marie. His mother in 1942 was sent to Auschwitz, where she died. In 1954, Lyustizh became a priest of the Paris diocese, in 1979 - Bishop of Orleans, from 1981 to 2005 he headed the Parisian archbishop. In Cardinal dignity was erected in 1983.