Born in Nancy, France, he taught in England from 1949-51 before moving to the USA in 1952. A member of the Augustinians of the Assumption, he was ordained in Metz in 1947. He received a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Facultés theologiques de Lyon. He was appointed as a peritus at the Second Vatican Council and served as a consultant to the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity. He was a member of the ARCJPC and ARCIC I, as well as ARCUSA and the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue in the USA.

• Scripture, Tradition and History
  Georges Tavard ~ July 1954
• Catholicity and Non-Catholic Christians
  Georges Tavard ~ July 1959
• Tradition in Early Post-Tridentine Theology
  Georges Tavard ~ Sept. 1962
• What is the Word?
  Georges Tavard ~ Huntercombe Manor, Buckinghamshire, 30 Aug. 1967 ~ ARCJPC 5
• The Function of the Minister in the Eucharistic Celebration: An Ecumenical Approach
  Georges Tavard ~ 1971 ~ ARCIC 48-5
• A Theological Approach to Ministerial Authority
  Georges Tavard ~ Poringland, Norwich, England, 1972 ~ ARCIC 75
• The Recognition of Ministry
  Georges Tavard ~ Apr. 1972 ~ ARCIC 49
• Comments on the Final Draft Paper ‘Apostolic Succession’
  Georges Tavard ~ Poringland, Norwich, England, June 1973 ~ ARCIC 70B
• Comments on the Draft Paper on ‘Ministerial Priesthood in Relation to Christ and the Church’
  Georges Tavard ~ Poringland, Norwich, England, June 1973 ~ ARCIC 70G
• ‘A note on the Poringland Draft’ and a ‘Tentative draft for a Statement on Ministry’
  Georges Tavard ~ Canterbury, 23 July 1973 ~ ARCIC 79
• The Church as Eucharistic Communion
  Georges Tavard ~ Vicksburg, Mississippi, Jan. 1974 ~ ARCIC 102
• Infallibility: a structural analysis
  Georges Tavard ~ Nov. 1974 ~ ARCIC 140
• Presentation of the St. Katherine’s Schema
  Georges Tavard ~ Oxford, Sept. 1975 ~ ARCIC 141
• Notes on the Papacy as Object of Faith
  Georges Tavard ~ 1976 ~ ARCIC 150
• Comment by Fr. George Tavard on the Poringland, February 1976 draft
  Georges Tavard ~ 26 Feb. 1976 ~ ARCIC 147A
• Note on Peter in the New Testament
  Georges Tavard; Arthur A. Vogel ~ 1977 ~ ARCIC 181
• The Anglican-Roman Catholic Agreed Statements and Their Reception
  Georges Tavard ~ Mar. 1980 ~ ARCIC 223
• The Contemporary Relevance of Justification by Faith
  Georges Tavard ~ 1985 ~ Doc 1418/85
• Commentary on ARC/USA statement on Anglican orders
  R. William Franklin; Georges Tavard ~ 1990 ~ ARCIC-II 325/90
• The Gift of Authority, the Latest Report of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission
  Georges Tavard ~ 3 July 1999 ~ ARCIC-II 428A/99