Archbishop of Lille since 2008, it presents a moderate profile within the Catholic episcopate. It has the social fiber and is involved in the cause of migrants.
Le Monde with AFP
He succeeds Michel Apepetit, whose resignation had been accepted in December 2021 by Pope Francis. Laurent Ulrich, 70, the current Archbishop of Lille, was appointed Tuesday, April 26, Archbishop of Paris by the Sovereign Pontiff, announced the Conference of the Bishops of France in a Communiqué .
Archbishop of Lille since 2008, Bishop Ulrich has a moderate profile within the Catholic episcopate. It has the social fiber and is involved in the cause of migrants.
native of Dijon, holder of a double mastery of philosophy and theology, he was ordained priest in 1979 for the diocese of Lyon, where he becomes Episcopal Vicar then Vicar General.
It was in 2000 that he was named Bishop of Maurienne and Tarentaise, Chambéry. Later, he occupies several positions at the Conference of Bishops of France. “It was the surprise, the complete surprise,” he said Tuesday to RCF Hauts-de-France, thinking to make his last years at the diocese of Lille (the retirement of a bishop is 75 years old). “My ministry in Paris is going to be a ministry that wants to manifest the friendship of Christ,” he added. Its installation in Paris will be on May 23rd in the Saint-Sulpice church.
At the end of November, Bishop Apepetit had presented his resignation to the Sovereign Pontiff, arguing that his behavior could be “ambiguous” and admitting that it had been able to throw a “disorder in the Catholics of the diocese”. François had accepted her very quickly, early December. Shortly after, Bishop Apepetit, who had been named Archbishop in December 2017 following Cardinal André twenty-three, however, had said “victim of a cabal”.