On Saturday, 7 March, the Holy Father:
- appointed Rev. Fr. David Macaire,
O.P., as archbishop of Fort-de-France (area 1,080, population
390,371, Catholics 312,296, priests 54, permanent deacons 12,
religious 151), Martinique, France. The bishop-elect was born in
Nanterre, France in 1969, gave his perpetual vows in 1998 and was
ordained a priest in 2001. He holds a licentiate in theology and
canon law from Tolosa, and has served in a number of pastoral roles,
including chaplain of various schools, lecturer in theology at the
major seminary of Bordeaux, spiritual adviser of the Equipe Notre
Dame, master of Dominican students, prior of the Dominican convent in
the archdiocese of Bordeaux, and member of the presbyteral council of
the same local Church. He is currently prior of the Dominican convent
of La Sainte-Baume, Tolone, and member of the provincial council.
- accepted the resignation from the
office of auxiliary of the diocese of Rome presented by Bishop Paolo
Schiavon, upon reaching the age limit.
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