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Strasbourg archbishop tenders resignation but defends tenure

The prominent French archdiocese faced an apostolic visitation in 2022.

Luke Coppen
Apr 20, 2023
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The head of a prominent French archdiocese said Thursday that he had presented his resignation to Pope Francis, but strongly defended his turbulent six-year tenure. 

Archbishop Luc Ravel, pictured in 2011. © Peter Potrowl via Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0).

At 65 years of age, Archbishop Luc Ravel is a decade away from the customary retirement age for diocesan bis…

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