What is Alain Paul Lebeaupin?
[[Image:Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Alain Paul Lebeaupin]] '''Alain Paul Lebeaupin''' (2 March 1945 – 24 June 2021) was a [[French people|French]] [[Catholic Church]] prelate. He was the [[Apostolic Nunciature to the European Union|Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union]] from 2012 to 2020. Lebeaupin was born in [[Paris]] on 2 March 1945. He became a [[priest]] on 28 June 1975 for the [[Diocese of Nice]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web | website = Portail Catholique Suisse | access-date = 17 November 2020 | url = https://www.cath.ch/newsf/belgique-mgr-alain-paul-lebeaupin-nomme-nonce-apostolique-pres-la-communaute-europeenne/ | title = Belgique: Mgr Alain Paul Lebeaupin nommé Nonce Apostolique près la Communauté européenne | language = fr | date= 23 June 2012 }}</ref> On 7 December 1998, he was named [[titular archbishop]] of Vico Equense and appointed [[Apostolic Nunciature to Ecuador|Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador]].<ref>{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-91-1999-ocr.pdf | page= 127 | date= 1999 | volume = XCI | access-date = 16 November 2020}}</ref> On 27 February 2021, he was appointed a consultor of the Section for Relations with States of the [[Secretariat of State (Holy See)|Secretariat of State]].<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 28 March 2021 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Resignations and Appointments, 27.03.2021 | date = 27 March 2021 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2021/03/27/210327c.html }}</ref> He died on 24 June 2021 in [[Rome]] from a [[heart attack]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vaticannews.va/fr/vatican/news/2021-06/deces-mgr-alain-lebeaupin-ancien-nonce-union-europeenne.html | title=Décès de MGR Alain Lebeaupin, ancien nonce auprès de l'Union européenne - Vatican News | date=24 June 2021 }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/blebe.html Catholic Hierarchy: Alain Paul Charles Lebe