(born 3 April 1944 in Autun, France) is the French-born New Caledonian prelate who served as Archbishop of Nouméa from 19 June 1981 until his retirement on 14 January 2025.
Calvert was ordained as a Catholic priest in the Society of Mary on 28 April 1973.
[1] He was simultaneously appointed Titular Bishop of Nigrae Maiores on the same day.
[1] Michel-Marie Calvet said during the Day of Pentecost Sunday mass as a result of the 2024 New Caledonia unrest that the community had "betrayed our faith, our baptism and Jesus through its divisions."
He also called on the public and leaders of New Caledonia to denounce violence and to work together for a "shared peaceful future, of lost and found fraternity.