Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Montpellier, France
Appointment of special envoy to the 70th anniversary of the solemn coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Shrine of Our Lady of Remedies, Oristano, Italy
Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Montpellier, France
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Montpellier, France, presented by Archbishop Pierre-Marie Carré.
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Norbert José-Henri Turini of Perpignan-Elne as metropolitan archbishop of Montpellier, France.
Curriculum vitae
Archbishop-elect Norbert José-Henri Turini was born on 30 August 1954 in Cannes, diocese of Nice. He was awarded a university diploma in biology and carried out his ecclesiastical studies in the interdiocesan major seminary of Marseille, obtaining a licentiate in theology.
He was ordained a priest on 27 June 1982 for the diocese of Nice.
After ordination he was appointed adjunct to the diocesan service for vocations (1982-1986) and subsequently head of the Maison Saint-Paul for Christian students, the diocesan service for vocations and the preparatory year of the seminary (1986-1996); episcopal vicar for youth pastoral care (1996-2000), and, from 1999 to 2000, parish administrator of Saint-John Baptiste in Nice. From 2000 to 2004 he was vicar general of Nice.
He was appointed bishop of Cahors on 30 June 2004, and consecrated the following 10 October. He was transferred to the episcopal see of Perpignan-Elne on 18 October 2014. Within the Bishops’ Conference of France he is chair of the Council for Interreligious Relations and the new religious movements.
Appointment of special envoy to the 70th anniversary of the solemn coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Shrine of Our Lady of Remedies, Oristano, Italy
The Holy Father has appointed His Eminence Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv., archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican as his special envoy to the Eucharistic celebration to be held on 7 September 2022 at the Shrine of Our Lady of Remedies, Patroness of Oristano, Italy, on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
