Eichstätter Bishop Hanke Resigns

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After 19 years in office the bishop of Eichstätt resigns. The resignation follows "after a longer internal discussion", the diocese informed.

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Bishop Hanke of Eichstätter has resigned. According to the diocese, Pope Francis had signed the resignation application. In fact, bishops only offer their resignation to the Pope at the age of 75.

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On Pentecost, of all things, there is great news from the diocese of Eichstätt: the diocese needs a new chief shepherd. The late Pope Francis accepted his resignation shortly before Easter, Gregor Maria Hanke told us.

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The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the Eichstätt diocese (Germany), submitted by His Excellency Gregor Maria Hanke, OSB – informed the Press Office of the Holy See. Bishop of Eichstätt Gregor Maria Hanke OSB resigned at the age of 70 and, as reported by the diocese, intends to return to pastoral care as "Father Gregor". He was one of four diocesan bishops – opponents of the The article Pope accepted the …

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One of Germany's best bishops, Gregor Maria Hanke, has resigned. The 70-year-old hierarch wants to focus on pastoral care. With him, Germany is losing one of the few diocesan bishops who opposed the revolutionary Synodal Path. Gregor Maria Hanke was the ordinary of the Eichstätt diocese. In recent years, he was part of a small group of hierarchs who rejected the revolutionary, liberal changes of the Synodal Path. In addition to him, Cardinal Rai…