Jean-Pierre Cattenoz

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Archbishop Jean-Pierre Cattenoz (left) and Dominique Rey

Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz (born February 4, 1945 in Maxéville , Meurthe-et-Moselle , France ) is a French clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Avignon .

Life

Jean-Pierre Cattenoz studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the Catholic Institute of Toulouse and was awarded a Dr. theol. PhD . He was ordained a priest on May 29, 1983 .

Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Avignon on June 21, 2002. The episcopal ordination donated him the retired Archbishop of Avignon, Raymond Bouchex , on October 13 of the same year; Co - consecrators were François-Xavier Loizeau , Bishop of Digne , and Archbishop Robert Sarah .

Southern French Catholics called for the impeachment of Cattenoz in 2019.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Page of the French Bishops' Conference
  2. https://www.domradio.de/themen/papst-franziskus/2019-07-12/vorzeitiger-ruhestand-katholiken-beschweren-sich-beim-papst-ueber-avignons-erzbischof

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predecessor Office successor
Raymond Bouchex Archbishop of Avignon
since 2002
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