Pope Francis appoints new Archbishop of Bangkok

The conflict surrounding the dismissal of the Freiburg Cathedral Kapellmeister has not yet been resolved. Now Archbishop Burger has spoken out again.

It took a few months to find out who would succeed Bishop Pascal Wintzer. Archbishop of Poitiers since 2012, the latter left the department of Vienne to take up the same position in the diocese of Sens and Auxerre, after being officially appointed on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 by Pope Francis. > READ ALSO. Archbishop of Poitiers Pascal Wintzer led his last ceremony in Vienne, in La Grimaudière It is therefore Bishop Jérôme Beau, current archbishop.…

Pope Francis appoints new Archbishop of Bangkok

Archbishop-elect Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana receives congratulations from his predecessor, Cardinal Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij, during a Mass held on the eve of the Feast of Blessed Nicholas Boonkerd Kritbamrung on Jan 11 at the shrine in Samphran. The Mass followed Pope Francis’s announcement earlier that day naming Bishop Vira as the new Archbishop of Bangkok (Photo credit: Nipat Siriphanyos) By Chainarong Monthienvichienchai,…