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Thursday, September 5, 2013

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS


Vatican City, 5 September 2013 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father:

- appointed Msrg. Laurent Le Boulc'h of the clergy of Saint-Brieuc as bishop of Coutances et Avranches, (area 5,991, population 503,700, Catholics 410,200, priests 192, permanent deacons 39, religious 355), France. The bishop-elect was born in Loudeac, France in 1960 and was ordained a priest in 1988. He holds a licentiate in theology from the Institut Catholique of Paris, and has served in the following pastoral roles: vicar of the cathedral of Saint-Brieuc, episcopal vicar for the pastoral care of the young, and head of continuing formation, and from 2005, parish priest of Lannion, where he was also head of pastoral care of Catholic schools.

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