Belgian primate plans to live with new religious community upon retirement
April 23, 2015
Archbishop André-Joseph Léonard of Mechelen-Brussels, the primate of Belgium since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010, has announced that upon his retirement, if his successor permits, he plans to live with the Fraternity of the Holy Apostles, a community he founded in 2013.
The community has four priests, two deacons, and 15 seminarians.
The prelate, who turns 75 in May, said that his greatest joy in his 23 years as a bishop has been ordaining over 100 men to the priesthood.
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Further information:
- Mgr Léonard voudrait rejoindre sa Fraternité des Saints Apôtres (InfoCatho.be)
- Fraternité des Saints Apôtres
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