Paris Has New Archbishop

[HagiaSophia]

Archbishop André Vingt-Trois of Tours, France, will be named to succeed Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger of Paris, informed Vatican sources report. The nomination will be announced on February 11: the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes.

The selection of a prelate to replace Cardinal Lustiger-- who at 78 is well beyond the ordinary retirement age for a diocesan bishop-- has been the subject of heavy discussion at the Vatican for several months. On January 14, a special commission of Vatican officials met to choose his successor, but after failing to focus on a clear choice the group left the final decision in the hands of Pope John Paul II (bio - news).

The Holy Father reportedly made his selection at the end of January. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re (bio - news), the prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, then submitted the nomination to the French government. Under the terms of an old accord, the Vatican must have formal approval from the French president for the nomination of a new bishop.

Pope John Paul will accept the resignation of Cardinal Lustiger, which was submitted on his 75th birthday, at the same time that he announces the appointment of Archbishop Vingt-Trois.

Cardinal Lustiger, a convert from Judaism and a close ally of Pope John Paul, has had an enormous influence over the French Church since he became Archbishop of Paris in 1981. In naming a former auxiliary bishop of Paris, and a “spiritual son” of the current cardinal, the Vatican has made a clear choice for continuity in the Church leadership in Paris.

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[Franze]

I don´t know who is him, but the church in France not needs continuity but reform and modernation, it needs a stronger everything

 

[quijote]

HagiaSophia:

Under the terms of an old accord, the Vatican must have formal approval from the French president for the nomination of a new bishop.

I hope this “old accord” is now viewed as something simply ceremonial and would not be obeyed by the Vatican if the French president decides not to approve whoever is nominated.

Cheers.

 

[HagiaSophia]

quijote:

I hope this “old accord” is now viewed as something simply ceremonial and would not be obeyed by the Vatican if the French president decides not to approve whoever is nominated.

I can’t say for certain, but I believe a strong protest would veto a candidate - I recall that John XXIII got the job because the French bitterly complained about the original candidate and so John was sent to France as nuncio. Rumor had it at the time that it was meant as a “reproach” to the French but John being John, he charmed the French, wowed the Vatican and the rest is history.

 

[HagiaSophia]

Franze:

I don´t know who is him, but the church in France not needs continuity but reform and modernation, it needs a stronger everything

If you read the whole article and others appearing today and yesterday, the new one is the “spiritual son” of his predecessor so I expect it’s the same thing we’ve had before. (sigh).

 

[quijote]

HagiaSophia:

I can’t say for certain, but I believe a strong protest would veto a candidate - I recall that John XXIII got the job because the French bitterly complained about the original candidate and so John was sent to France as nuncio. Rumor had it at the time that it was meant as a “reproach” to the French but John being John, he charmed the French, wowed the Vatican and the rest is history.

I seem to recall reading about that. Dind’t cardinal Roncalli came from being a Nuncio in Turkey before the Paris gig? I wonder what JOhn XXIII thought of the Muslim immigration issue (if it was an issue at all back there)?

 

[Franze]

HagiaSophia:

If you read the whole article and others appearing today and yesterday, the new one is the “spiritual son” of his predecessor so I expect it’s the same thing we’ve had before. (sigh).

It wasn´t good but like the church here in the Basque Region in Spain, there are difficult chapters that the Pope hasn´t made nothing, it is impossible making all good, greetings