Appointment of apostolic nuncio in Slovenia and apostolic delegate for Kosovo
Resignation of bishop of Paranaguá, Brazil
Appointment of bishop of Mende, France
Appointment of apostolic nuncio in Slovenia and apostolic delegate for Kosovo
The Holy Father has appointed Archbishop Luigi Bianco, titular of Falerone, until now apostolic nuncio in Uganda, as apostolic nuncio in Slovenia and apostolic delegate for Kosovo.
Resignation of bishop of Paranaguá, Brazil
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Paranaguá, Brazil, presented by Bishop Edmar Perón.
Appointment of bishop of Mende, France
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Jean Pelletier, of the clergy of the diocese of Angers, until now superior of the Charles de Foucauld Preparatory House of the ecclesiastical43 province of Rennes in Saint-Pern, as bishop of Mende, France.
Curriculum vitae
Msgr. Jean Pelletier was born on 9 March 1963 in Saint-Sulpice, in the diocese of Angers, in the department of Maine-et-Loire, in the Pays de la Loire region.
He was ordained a priest on 26 June 1994 for the diocese of Angers. He was awarded a licentiate in theology, specializing in biblical and systematic theology, at the Institut Catholique de Paris.
After ordination, he first served as a member of the Segré pastoral team and the chaplaincy of public high schools of Segré (1994). After studying in the Faculty of Theology and Religious Sciences of the Institut Catholique de Paris (1999-2001), he held the roles of cooperator in the parish of Notre-Dame-d’Èvre in Beupréau and in pastoral service in high schools (2001), episcopal delegate for the service of ordained ministers and laypeople in ecclesial mission (2006), member of the chaplaincy of the International Movement of the Catholic Agricultural and Rural Movement (2007), parish priest of Saint-Joseph-des-Basses-Vallées in Tiercé (2008), parish administrator of Saint-Marie-des-Sources-de-l’Èvre in Trémentines (2011), episcopal vicar for the deaconries of Cholet, Coteaux-de-Loire, Mauges et Lyon; parish priest of Espérance-au-Cœur-des-Mauges in Jallais (2014), moderator of Saint-Romain-les-Trois-Provinces in Le Longeron (2018); assistant to the Superior of the Charles de Foucauld Preparatory House of the ecclesiastical province of Rennes in Saint-Pern (2019), parish administrator in Candé (2021), and Superior of the Charles de Foucauld Preparatory House of the ecclesiastical province of Rennes in Saint-Pern (2022).
