Resignation and appointment of Special Apostolic Visitator for the parish of Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Appointment of bishop of Soissons, France
Resignation and appointment of Special Apostolic Visitator for the parish of Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the office of Special Apostolic Visitator for the parish of Medjugorje, presented by Archbishop Aldo Cavalli, Apostolic Nuncio.
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Francesco Cavina, emeritus of Carpi, as Special Apostolic Visitator for the parish of Medjugorje, for an indefinite period and ad nutum Sanctae Sedis.
Appointment of bishop of Soissons, France
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Martial Bernard, of the clergy of the diocese of Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes, until now vicar general and moderator of the Curia, as bishop of Soissons, France.
Curriculum vitae
Msgr. Martial Bernard, of the clergy of Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes, was born on 26 January 1978 in Bourg-la-Reine, in the diocese of Nanterre. He attended the Saint-Sulpice Seminary in Issy-les-Moulineaux, and undertook a placement at the Municipal Conservatoire in Viry-Châtillon. Subsequently, after studying at the Saint-Paul Seminary in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, he obtained a licentiate in theology, specializing in catechetical and practical theology at the Institut Catholique de Paris.
He was ordained a priest on 25 June 2005.
He has held the following offices: student priest, assigned to the vicariate forane in Brétigny (2005–2006); diocesan delegate for the pastoral care of altar servers (2005–2009); parish priest in solidum in the vicariate forane of Brétigny (2006–2008); diocesan delegate for the vocations service and member of the Council for the Protection of Catholic Education (2008–2011); member of the College of Consultors (since 2009); parish priest in solidum and vicar forane of Brétigny (2009–2014); secretary of the Presbyteral Council (2012–2015); parish priest in solidum and vicar forane of Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes and rector of Évry Cathedral (2014–2018); episcopal vicar for Catholic education and diocesan delegate for the formation of seminarians for the ministries (2015–2018); vicar general and head of the Northern, South-Eastern and South-Western Vicariates (2018–2021); vicar general and moderator of the Curia of Évry; member of the diocesan Council for Economic Affairs, the parish Mutual Aid Fund, the Board of Directors, the General Assembly and the Friends of the Cathedral Association (since 2018); ex officio member of the Presbyteral Council (2018–2025); coordinator of the heads of pastoral sectors (since 2021); and head of the fidei donum programme for foreign priests (2021–2022). He is currently also responsible for the permanent diaconate, childhood catechesis, ecumenism, pilgrimages, relations with Judaism, and prison and hospital chaplaincies.
