page_title: Jean-Marie Villot
section_title: Bishop
hierarchical_section_title: Jean-Marie Villot / Bishop
context_page_description: Jean-Marie Villot was a French prelate and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Lyon from 1965 to 1967, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 1967 to 1969, Vatican Secretary of State from 1969 to 1979, and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church from 1970 to 1979. He was made a cardinal in 1965.
context_section_description: Pope Pius XII appointed Villot auxiliary bishop of Paris and titular bishop of Vinda on 2 September 1954. He received his episcopal consecration on 12 October from Cardinal Maurice Feltin, with Archbishop Emile Guerry
  of Cambrai and Bishop Pierre de la Chanonie of Clermont as co-consecrators.
  On 17 December 1959, he was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Lyon and titular archbishop of Bosporus. He succeeded Cardinal Gerlier as Archbishop of Lyon on 17 January 1965.
  During the Second Vatican Council, he served as one of several of the Council's undersecretaries, where his performance impressed Pope Paul.
caption: Coat of arms of Cardinal Villot during the vacancies of the papacy in 1978