“François Touvet is the new coadjutor bishop of Fréjus-Toulon and has been given special powers to run the southern French diocese headed by Bishop Dominique Rey since 2000 ”
“The French Catholic, consisting of 99 dioceses, is to ordain only 122 new priests this year, the lowest number since 2016 when only 100 men ordained. The French Bishops' Conference (CEF) published this year's figures on Monday, noting that only 77 of these clerics will be diocesan priests.”
“Rome has given canonical approval, sometimes relatively recently, of the statutes of these institutes. It is estimated that some 60,000 lay Catholics in France regularly attend Mass in the Old Rite. The letter does not only request the appointment of a mediator.”
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Coadjutor bishop sent to conservative French diocese
Like many places, priestly ordinations are lagging in France
After the pope's motu proprio, traditionalists want a mediator
