The new Archbishop of Paris could come from… Lille.
Even if he almost arrived from Marseille.
François had accepted the resignation of Mgr Michel Aupetit on December 2, 2021. According to several concordant sources, the pope is preparing to appoint his successor in the coming days: it would be Mgr Laurent Ulrich, 70, current archbishop of Lille .
The Archbishop of Marseille, Mgr Jean-Marc Aveline, 63, was certainly the favorite but he, in mid-March, declined the Pope's proposal.
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In this area covered by papal secrecy, to which all prelates are subject, caution is still required.
Especially since another name has been circulating with insistence lately, that of Mgr Antoine de Romanet, 59, current bishop of the diocese in the French armies.
The names of Mgr Luc Ravel, Archbishop of Strasbourg, and Mgr Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, Archbishop of Reims were also mentioned.
Not to mention the game of decoys: names can be put forward to better conceal...
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