Jean-Marc Aveline

Jean-Marc Noël Aveline (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃maʁk av(ə)lin]; born 26 December 1958) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who was named Archbishop of Marseille in 2019 after serving as an auxiliary bishop there from 2013.

Jean-Marc Aveline was born on 26 December 1958 in Sidi Bel Abbes, in French Algeria.

His father was a railway worker and the family lived in SNCF housing in the Saint-Barthélemy neighborhood.

Moving to the parish of Saint-Pierre and Saint Paul, he served as episcopal vicar for permanent formation from 1987 to 2007.

[9] On 27 August 2022, Pope Francis made him a cardinal priest, assigning him the title of Santa Maria ai Monti.