Already Disempowered Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon Has Resigned
In his statement, Monsignor Rey recalled that on November 21, 2022, Francis appointed Bishop François Touvet as his coadjutor bishop with full governmental faculties. At the same time, Francis told Bishop Rey privately to "accept this collaboration in a fraternal spirit, and not to resign".
"At the end of a first year in which the suspension of ordinations had been lifted for almost all the candidates, the nuncio informed me that the Holy Father was asking me to resign as diocesan bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, without me having been aware of any new elements in relation to those that had motivated the appointment of the coadjutor bishop."
The "ultimate criterion of discernment" for Bishop Rey is to remain "obedient to the Successor of Peter".
After the nomination of the coadjutor bishop in Fréjus-Toulon, the vocations have dried up.
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