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Henri Teissier, born on 21 July 1929 in Lyon, is a French-Algerian Catholic Bishop and Archbishop Emeritus of Algiers. ==Biography== Henri Teissier was ordained as the priest by Diocese of Algiers on May 24th 1955. On 30 November 1972, aged 43, he was appointed by Pope Paul VI Bishop of Oran. He received episcopal consecration on the 2 February 1973. On 20 December 1980 he was appointed coadjutor to the archbishop Cardinal Duval in Algiers. In 1988, Cardinal Duval withdrew and Henri Teissier became Archbishop of Algiers. He had been living in Algeria since 1948 and obtained Algerian citizenship in 1966.〔(SE Mgr Henri Teissier ), accessed on 11 June 2009〕 Tessier was a member of the Secretariat for relations with non-Christians (1971), as Vice-President of the Arab Caritas International for the country (1975–1987) he was a Muslim-Christian at various symposia and conferences of the two Christians in Palestine involved. Teissier was President of the Conference of Bishops of North Africa from 1982 to 2004. He is regarded as one of the authoritative representatives of ecumenism between Christianity and Islam, despite 19 murders of non-muslim religious people occurred between 1994 and 1996. During this period Pierre Claverie, the Bishop of Oran was killed and the murder of monks of Tibhirine took place.〔(The murder of the Trappists of Tibhirine ), Thomas Schmid, Le Monde Diplomatique, 12 March 2004 (Algeria Watch)〕 Despite the trials and threats, Henri Teissier has remained in Algeria with the sole ambition "''to discover and foster brothers.''" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henri Antoine Marie Teissier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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