An XXL mass for the installation of Mgr Benoît Bertrand, new bishop of Pontoise

Since Sunday, September 15, Bishop Benoît Bertrand has been the sixth bishop of the diocese of Pontoise. – Axel Douesnard

Une délégation lozérienne a fait le déplacement, avec Laurent Suau, président du Département, et Régine Bourgade, maire de Mende. – Axel Douesnard

The prelate left Lozère on August 19, 2024. He was officially appointed in Val-d'Oise, this Sunday, September 15.

Four thousand faithful on a space the size of half a football pitch. Eighty bishops, including François Durand from Langon, current bishop of Valence (Drôme). A stage under a 45m wide marquee. A giant screen. It was an XXL mass that was celebrated this Sunday, September 15, in Osny, for the installation of Mgr. Benoît Bertrand, new and sixth bishop of Pontoise (Val-d'Oise), after a first episcopate in Mende.

A delegation from Lozère

For the occasion, a delegation from Lozère made the trip to the Paris region. Laurent Suau, President of the Department, and Régine Bourgade, Mayor of Mende, were notably present.

The prelate had left Lozère on August 19, before returning on August 31 for a farewell mass in the Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Privat Cathedral in Mende. He also remained administrator of the diocese until he officially inherited his new ministry.

The diocese of Mende is, him, still without a bishop. The faithful of the country of the Sources are still waiting for Celestino Migliore, apostolic nuncio of the Holy See in France, to announce the name of the successor of Bishop Benoît Bertrand.

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