Bruno Cadoré

Bruno Cadoré, O.P.
Born	April 1954 (age 70) Le Creusot, Burgundy France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Medical Doctor
Church	Catholic Church
Ordained	September 28, 1986
Title	Master of the Order of Preachers (2010 – )

Father Bruno Cadoré OP (born 1954) is a French Roman Catholic priest of the Dominican Order. He was elected the 87th Master of the Order of Preachers at the General Chapter of the Order in Rome, on 5 September 2010 and therefore ex officio Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum. Cadoré is a trained physician, with specialization in the field of bioethics.

Background

Bruno Cadoré was born in Le Creusot, France, in 1954. He was a medical doctor before entering the Dominican novitiate in 1979. He made profession in the order in 1980, and was ordained a priest in 1986, earning a doctorate in moral theology in 1992. Prior to his election as Master of the Order, Cadoré was Prior Provincial of the Dominican Province of France. He has also served as director of the Medical Ethics Center of the Université Catholique de Lille. He is also the chancellor of Colegio de San Juan de Letran and the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines.

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Preceded by Carlos Azpiroz Costa

Master of the Order of Preachers 2010–present

Succeeded by Incumbent